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X-wing Wasp
Copyright © 2006 Lee Ferguson

X-wing Wasp
Probably Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah, USA
An unidentified wasp on a leaf of a globemallow (Sphaeralcea parvifolia). It has an interesting posture with curled antenna and wings held in a X shape. Any ideas on its identification?
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Contributed by Lee Ferguson on 16 December, 2006 - 1:12pm
Last updated 6 July, 2007 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from Pompilini.
… Nick Fensler, 6 July, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

It looks very much like a Pom
It looks very much like a Pompilidae wasp and it looks very dead to me (that is why the wings have such a strange posture, in living wasps the hind and front wings are locked into each other...)
… Martin Hauser, 16 December, 2006 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the reply. Now tha
Thanks for the reply. Now that you mention it, it does look dead. Its feet are sticking out in the air...most unnatural.
… Lee Ferguson, 19 December, 2006 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
wasp
i think i agree with Martin, it looks like a pompilid... and dead. i am afraid i can not decide what it is... do you have any idea how big this wasp was?
… edward trammel, 20 December, 2006 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
I can't say for certain. The
I can't say for certain. The leaves of the plant are variable is size. The leaf that the wasp is sitting on is a young one and not fully developed but my wild guess is that the leaf it is a little over 1/2 inch long and that the body of the wasp might be in that same range.
… Lee Ferguson, 21 December, 2006 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

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