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Mason Wasps? - Parancistrocerus leionotus - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Adam Kranz

Mason Wasps? - Parancistrocerus leionotus - Male Female
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
May 22, 2012
Mating wasps on a Japanese Knotweed leaf. The male did a strange thing - it kept banging its upper body on the female, as though doing spastic sit-ups, while remaining attached at the end of the abdomen. They eventually flew off together.

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Mason Wasps? - Parancistrocerus leionotus - male - female Mason Wasps? - Parancistrocerus leionotus - male - female
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Contributed by Adam Kranz on 24 May, 2012 - 10:19pm
Last updated 13 February, 2013 - 5:48pm

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