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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) » Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
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Black Wasp w/Blue Wings - Trypoxylon politum
Copyright © 2006 Jacques S. Doucet

Black Wasp w/Blue Wings - Trypoxylon politum
Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 18, 2006
Size: large
Wasp is alive and well. Caught, chilled, photographed and released.
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Contributed by Jacques S. Doucet on 18 June, 2006 - 4:43pm
Last updated 21 June, 2006 - 2:33pm

It is Trypoxylon, a sphecid w
It is Trypoxylon, a sphecid wasp.
… Martin Hauser, 18 June, 2006 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Organ Pipe Mud Dauber.
At that size, it can only be the organ pipe mud dauber, Trypoxylon politum, and probably a female.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2006 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Black Wasp w/Blue Wings
Thanks, Martin. Thanks very much. I am finding many of these wasp around the flowering plants.
… Jacques S. Doucet, 18 June, 2006 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
The adults like the nectar, b
The adults like the nectar, but they hunt spiders for their offspring.. very fascinating insects...
… Martin Hauser, 18 June, 2006 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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