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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Monobia » Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)
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Wasp on Eryngium - Monobia quadridens - male
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

Wasp on Eryngium - Monobia quadridens - Male
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2011

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Wasp on Eryngium - Monobia quadridens - male Wasp on Eryngium - Monobia quadridens - male
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 November, 2011 - 5:58pm
Last updated 28 November, 2011 - 10:29am

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… john and jane balaban, 28 November, 2011 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

If forced to guess, I'd say Monobia quadridens--but I can't see enough (and don't know enough) to conclusively rule out the lookalikes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 November, 2011 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
This is indeed Monobia quadridens (male)
Because both "lookalikes" (Euodynerus bidens and Pseudodynerus quadrisectus) have white spots on propodeum, while this one's is all black.
… Richard Vernier, 28 November, 2011 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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