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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Thynnoidea » Thynnid Wasps (Thynnidae) » Myzininae » Myzinum » Myzinum frontalis
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Interesting Wasp - Myzinum frontalis - male
Copyright © 2012 Aaron Schusteff

Interesting Wasp - Myzinum frontalis - Male
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California, USA
September 22, 2012
Photographed on flowers of the desert shrub Petalonyx thurberi (common name: sandpaper plant).

Might this be a tiphiid, perhaps Myzinum? I thought I saw what looks like a sting, and so was guessing this was a female...but then I noticed a similar "sting-like" hooked barb on a post of a male. So I'm curious if & how one can tell male vs. female here.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 14 November, 2012 - 10:13pm
Last updated 6 April, 2017 - 2:31pm

Moved
Moved from Myzinum.
… Bob Biagi, 6 April, 2017 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

I just posted a related image
...of a similar looking wasp on the same bush, taken about 30 seconds before the wasp here. See thumb below:

… Aaron Schusteff, 16 November, 2012 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

Thanks, John
Glad I was on the right track. I'll check the "male" box.
… Aaron Schusteff, 15 November, 2012 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2012 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Myzinum male
females are much more robust (less slender)
… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2012 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

That is
a beauty!
… Tamra F, 15 November, 2012 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
I thought so too...
...and it seemed unusually pale, making for a subtle "pastel" effect.
… Aaron Schusteff, 15 November, 2012 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

***
Pretty Wasp!
… Gacko, 14 November, 2012 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
I wish I could have got a few more shots (e.g. of it's face), but it promptly flew off.
… Aaron Schusteff, 15 November, 2012 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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