solitary wasp id help (1 Viewer)

Mary

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• Jul 29, 2014

• #1

Please can anyone give a name to this 'wasp'? It was digging/covering something in the soil in the garden (Warks). Many thanks.

 

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ApusApus

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• Jul 29, 2014

• #2

Tricky to be sure on these without closer examination, maybe an Ancistrocerus trifasciatus.


Shane

 

Ficedula

velico ergo sum

• Jul 29, 2014

• #3

well it is a Sphecid not a Eumenid. As Shane said you really need to examine these closely under the microscope to name the reliably.

On the balance of probability this is Argogorytes mystaceus but from this photo alone you CANNOT be certain so append ?

 

Mary

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• Jul 29, 2014

• #4

Many thanks to you both; it's an incredible world out there, and that's just as far as the garden gate!