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Twitchy blue-black wasp - Podium luctuosum

Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
May 13, 2014

This very twitchy blue-black wasp was flitting along in a sandy cross-county trail in the Baars-Firestone Wildlife Sanctuary at the University of West Florida. Any information about its identity will be greatly appreciated!

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Twitchy blue-black wasp - Podium luctuosum

Twitchy blue-black wasp - Podium luctuosum

Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 13 May, 2014 - 10:06pm
Last updated 18 May, 2014 - 7:22pm

Podium luctuosum

Nice find! Sphex nudus shows the same pattern but is a little more thickset and has black fifth tarsomeres.

… Matthias Buck, 18 May, 2014 - 7:24pm

Thanks!

Thanks so much! I would think Pensacola would be a great place for a roach hunter – there certainly are lots of roaches there! It looks like I photographed the same species in the same location in May 2011, but I didn't submit the photos because they were so blurry – these wasps do not want to sit still.

The far west Florida panhandle is very underrepresented on BugGuide, so every time I go to Pensacola, I try to photograph and submit a few insects. I've been surprised that several of the them have actually turned out to be uncommon on BugGuide.

… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 20 May, 2014 - 1:25am

Moved

Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.

… Matthias Buck, 18 May, 2014 - 7:22pm

Moved

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… John S. Ascher, 14 May, 2014 - 7:36am

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