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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) » Crabronini » Crabronina » Crabro
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Tiny Wasp - Crabro
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Wasp - Crabro
Elderberry Park, Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage County, Alaska, USA
June 28, 2012
Not the best images, as I wasn't prepared to take pictures of insects, but as it landed and stayed on the tripod here, I had to do the best I could with what I had. Are these photos good enough for an ID?

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 22 July, 2012 - 11:36am
Last updated 14 January, 2016 - 1:47pm

Very interesting!
This should be a species of Crabro, though I am not aware of any North American species that lacks yellow or white markings. Fascinating!
… Matthias Buck, 14 January, 2016 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Possibly C. hispidus?
Bohart 1976 describes a form where the females are all black. I have seen a few specimens, including one from Yukon, that have no distinct markings.
… Chris Ratzlaff, 12 July, 2017 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh!
That's cool! :) Not very many species in that genus, I see.
… Ashley Bradford, 14 January, 2016 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Species
Actually, there are quite a few. But they are not very common and often hard to identify.
… Matthias Buck, 14 January, 2016 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

 
I should have specified
... represented on BugGuide. :)

It seems a lot of Hymenopterans are challenging. Thanks for the attention to my little guy here!
… Ashley Bradford, 14 January, 2016 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
Working on it, though. I added another species to the guide yesterday :)
… Matthias Buck, 15 January, 2016 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Thanks for your work on here! :)
… Ashley Bradford, 15 January, 2016 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crabronini.
… Matthias Buck, 14 January, 2016 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2012 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

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