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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) » Eumenes » Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)
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Swarm of wasps - #8 - Eumenes fraternus - male
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Swarm of wasps - #8 - Eumenes fraternus - Male
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
May 22, 2006
Size: Honey bee
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 9 January, 2007 - 9:21pm
Last updated 31 December, 2007 - 3:50pm

wasp
subfamily Eumeninae... perhaps in the genus Eumenes, also, male. i would wait for someone more knowledgeable to comment.
… edward trammel, 10 January, 2007 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

 
Eumenes fraterna
Eumenes fraterna (or fraternus, I can never recall which). This is the only eastern North America Eumenes with white markings.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 January, 2007 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric, for closing the loop
Proof once again that it pays to be distinctive.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 January, 2007 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Once again, looks good.
Thanks, I'll hang in for a confirmation.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 January, 2007 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Ancistrocerus sp.? (Vespidae)
.
… Adalbert Goertz, 11 January, 2007 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

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