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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 » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Ancistrocerus » Ancistrocerus gazella
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A Bee Wolf? - Ancistrocerus gazella
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A Bee Wolf? - Ancistrocerus gazella
New York, USA
July 24, 2012
Size: <1"
Found on garden Basil leaves. Reminds me of a Bee Wolf, but different.

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Contributed by HymenopteraFan on 27 July, 2012 - 11:03pm
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 3:04pm

Thanks, Richard!
I had hoped you might look at this since its a European species. If, as you write, you haven't seen them in a decade, might this be due to disappearance of potential prey?
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Hartmut Wisch, 4 August, 2012 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Eumeninae, female -
Not sure beyond subfamily, though it might be an Ancistrocerus. These, by the way, are true wasps, as opposed to the ''bee wolves" which are apoid wasps, family Crabronidae.
Moved from ID Request.
… Hartmut Wisch, 28 July, 2012 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Great info, I really appreciate it! Thank you!
… HymenopteraFan, 29 July, 2012 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Come to think of it,
Ancistrocerus gazella is a good possibility.
However, please wait until someone who knows this well, i.e. Matthias Buck, takes a look at this.
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 July, 2012 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
This is indeed Ancistrocerus gazella
I've not seen any of them for more than ten years in their European homeland, where this little wasp used to be one of our commonest Eumeninae.
… Richard Vernier, 4 August, 2012 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
I love this Site!
Excellent, thanks again. :)
… HymenopteraFan, 29 July, 2012 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

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