Square-headed Wasp (Ectemnius sp.) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Black insect with yellow bands on thorax and legs. Length is about 10mm. Looks like a shortened version of a Black and Yellow Mud Dauber.

Classification » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (order Hymenoptera) » suborder Apocrita » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (superfamily Apoidea) - Traditional Sphecidae » family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 » Square-headed Wasps (subfamily Crabroninae) » tribe Crabronini » subtribe Crabronina » Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845

Habitat:

Backyard garden, spotted on Gumamela (Hibiscus) leaves.

Notes:

Sample Ectemnius sp image: http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/digger-wasp-photo-6113.html.

Document containing Ectemnius spp. in the Philippines:
http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology_Re…

Reference Links:

Crabronidae, Ectemnius wasp? - Ectemnius - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

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:-) good name

AgnesAdiqueTalavera

@Argy, I found the ID as Ectemnius sp., a Square-headed Wasp. :)

AgnesAdiqueTalavera

Thanks Argy! Will look more IDs under wasp :)

amazingly big round head though

I vote for wasp. Very pretty.

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