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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Trypoxylini » Trypoxylon » Subgenus Trypargilum (Trypoxylon Subgenus Trypargilum) » Trypoxylon lactitarse
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Trypoxylon lactitarse - female
Copyright © 2006 Jeff Hollenbeck

Trypoxylon lactitarse - Female
Liberty County, Florida, USA
May 28, 2006
Size: 19 mm
This wasp landed on and stung the small Nephila while it was at the hub of it's web.

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Trypoxylon lactitarse - female Trypoxylon lactitarse - female
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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 May, 2006 - 7:24pm
Last updated 18 September, 2016 - 8:09pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Trypargilum.
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2016 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon lactitarse.
… John S. Ascher, 24 July, 2015 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pipe organ mud dauber.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 26 October, 2006 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Trypoxylon not politum
See Comment on related picture. I just noticed that the specimen is from Florida. Down there, there are other species similar to T. lactitarse which I am not so familar with. It can't be politum but perhaps it is not lactitarse.
… Matthias Buck, 10 August, 2006 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Trypoxylon
This is a Sphecid wasp of the genus Trypoxylon. They use spiders as their prey.
… Martin Hauser, 29 May, 2006 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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