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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)
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Another wasp - Isodontia mexicana
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

Another wasp - Isodontia mexicana
Reed Turner Woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 9, 2006
Size: 2.5-3.5cm
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 9 August, 2006 - 9:53pm
Last updated 13 March, 2007 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from Grass-carrying Wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 March, 2007 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Isodontia
It is probably impossible to tell what species from this photo (and most other photos for that matter).
… Nick Fensler, 9 August, 2006 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably I. mexicana.
This is probably Isodontia mexicana. Nothing about this specimen screams that it is anything else:-) Update: the grayish pubescence would tend to rule out I. elegans. The only way to be conclusive is to look at the dentition of the mandibles to exclude I. apicalis, but the more 'slender' nature of this specimen also suggests I. mexicana. Moving to guide page.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 August, 2006 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again Eric.
Thanks again Eric.
… Tom Bentley, 15 March, 2007 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

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