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Ceropales bipunctata
Photo#77838
Copyright © 2006
edward trammel
wasp -
Ceropales bipunctata
buffalo national river, newton County, Arkansas, USA
September 16, 2006
Size: around 16mm
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Contributed by
edward trammel
on 17 September, 2006 - 9:18pm
Last updated 17 June, 2007 - 10:47pm
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Nick Fensler
, 17 June, 2007 - 10:47pm
A superb Spider Wasp (Pompilidae)
Combination of orange hind femora and bluish wings make this species very elegant. Could be mistaken for a Chalybion sp. (Sphecidae), weren't its typical Pompilid outline.
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Richard Vernier
, 18 September, 2006 - 2:17am
wasp
when i saw this from a distance i thought it was a pompilid, but after i got close to it i was not sure... i did not get any good pictures of the wing veins, but i guess i will have to go back through my pompilid keys for a second look... the antennae do not look right to me in any case.
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edward trammel
, 18 September, 2006 - 9:20am