Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Ageniellini) » Auplopus » Auplopus mellipes » Auplopus mellipes mellipes
Photo#756553
Orange legged wasp - Auplopus mellipes - female
Copyright © 2013 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Orange legged wasp - Auplopus mellipes - Female
Scanlon Canyon, N of Sombrero Butte, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
March 14, 2013
Found drinking water in a small standing pool. Thank you for your help.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 31 March, 2013 - 1:58pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 July, 2013 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Auplopus mellipes mellipes
.
… Nick Fensler, 9 July, 2013 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Just wondering
if this might be related to in formica. I would have never thought of it, but then I saw a photo on my screen savers of this other one and remembered the brightly colored legs.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 1 April, 2013 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm...
That's a good question, and I can't give you a definitive answer. Looking at those long tibial spurs and the shape of the abdomen, I'm just getting more of a Pompilid vibe from the current specimen.

With luck, an expert will decide the issue before too long (feel free to move the pic to the order level if you like).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 April, 2013 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 March, 2013 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact