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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Symmorphus
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Two Wasps - Symmorphus
Copyright © 2013 Naomi Smith

Two Wasps - Symmorphus
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
June 13, 2013
The small wasp followed the large one around. They don't look like the same species, is this normal behaviour? Is it possible to ID both?
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 15 June, 2013 - 12:09am
Last updated 28 December, 2015 - 6:59pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 28 December, 2015 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2014 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 15 June, 2013 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Eumeninae and Ammophilinae
The larger wasp is Eumeninae (potter wasp or mason wasp), and the smaller one appears to be Ammophilinae (a sphecid). Both are predators, which provision their nests with other arthropods. I wonder what the little fellow is up to.
… Joe, 15 June, 2013 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

 
The smaller one...
...looks more like Trypoxylon to me:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 June, 2013 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Typical subgenus Trypoxylon
… John S. Ascher, 15 June, 2013 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I think you've got it.
.
… Joe, 15 June, 2013 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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