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Unknown Wasp - Pachodynerus erynnis
Copyright © 2013 Suzanne Williams

Unknown Wasp - Pachodynerus erynnis
Auburndale, Polk County, Florida, USA
March 15, 2013
Size: less than 1"
Flower is pink honeysuckle. Wasps were feeding on nectar through holes they'd drilled in the flower petals.

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Contributed by Suzanne Williams on 15 March, 2013 - 4:36pm
Last updated 17 March, 2013 - 7:42pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 17 March, 2013 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

Nectar robber
Interesting. This behaviour is called nectar robbing. The wasp doesn't pollinate the flower. It can't access the the nectaries the "legitimate" way because the flower is built for pollinators with long mouthparts. I have seen this behaviour in Ancistrocerus as well.
… Matthias Buck, 17 March, 2013 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
It was fascinating to watch,
It was fascinating to watch, and several species of wasps were doing it.
… Suzanne Williams, 19 March, 2013 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 March, 2013 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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