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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini) » Sphaeropthalma » Sphaeropthalma imperialis
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Braconid Wasp? - Sphaeropthalma imperialis
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

Braconid Wasp? - Sphaeropthalma imperialis
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
November 3, 2012
Is this also a Braconid Wasp?

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Braconid Wasp? - Sphaeropthalma imperialis Braconid Wasp? - Sphaeropthalma imperialis
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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 16 February, 2013 - 10:38am
Last updated 9 July, 2013 - 2:02pm

Sphaeropthalma imperialis
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 24 May, 2013 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
George. I am getting ready to post another really pretty Velvet Ant. If I cannot find a picture to match it, maybe you can help me again.

Ann
… A. Hendrickson, 24 May, 2013 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Anytime
Sounds great -- I'll keep an eye out for it.
… George Waldren, 24 May, 2013 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A. Hendrickson, 26 February, 2013 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Male mutillid, I think.
Hold on to see if others agree.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 February, 2013 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I had posted this velvet ant earlier and did not recognize the resemblance.
… A. Hendrickson, 16 February, 2013 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Ken
Mutillidae. Remember, there are may genera and species out there, and the two pictures in this thread easily fall within the variation you find in this family.
… Bob Zuparko, 16 February, 2013 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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