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Photo#77838
wasp - Ceropales bipunctata

wasp - Ceropales bipunctata
buffalo national river, newton County, Arkansas, USA
September 16, 2006
Size: around 16mm

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Moved
Moved from Ceropales.

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.

 
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.