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Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta - male
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta - Male
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
August 1, 2012

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Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta - male Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 3 August, 2012 - 12:04am
Last updated 29 March, 2017 - 5:57am

Moved
Moved from Cerceris.
… John S. Ascher, 29 March, 2017 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

Male - Cerceris bicornuta
Bob, please note that the notch on the yellow stripe, on the abdominal T2, can have a variable width in this species (the most) and the overall colors of this genus (mostly the black & red) are also slightly variable.
Here are a few reference images that you may want to compare with your male wasp's images. Cerceris bicornuta:
mating pair: male (dorsal):
I suggest that you verify my info and then move the images or ask Dr. Ascher to take another look at him, because he was correct to question this one, as usual. Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 25 August, 2015 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 5 August, 2012 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Cerceris rufopicta (Crabronidae) - female
One of the "Weevil Wasps". An Apoid Wasp, not a Vespid.
… Richard Vernier, 3 August, 2012 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I question the species ID
What is your basis for this?
… John S. Ascher, 5 August, 2012 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Bob Webster, 3 August, 2012 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Cerceris sp. (Crabronidae) - female
One of the "Weevil Wasps".
… Richard Vernier, 3 August, 2012 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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