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Photo#70575
Copyright © 2006
Tom Bentley
Astata species? -
Astata
Bluff Spring Fen, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 13, 2006
Size: 1.5cms
I think this is a Astata spp with a kill
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Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 13 August, 2006 - 6:55pm
Last updated 13 August, 2006 - 10:27pm
Sphecids
With prey it is often easy to narrow it down to subfamilies and farther. Astata in the Atatinae and Bicyrtes in the Bembecines use stinkbugs in their larders. This is not a Bicyrtes. There are likely four species of Astata in your state. A. unicolor may be the most common.
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Herschel Raney
, 13 August, 2006 - 10:25pm
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And look at the curious fly stopping by.
Wonder if it is one of the Milichiidae that seem to show up as soon as a stinkbug is killed although it looks too big. Info in the guide
here
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john and jane balaban
, 13 August, 2006 - 9:01pm
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Now wondering if this is anot
Now wondering if this is another Astata unicolor?
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Tom Bentley
, 1 August, 2007 - 11:31pm
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