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Sand Wasp

Bembix sp.

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

about 2 cm in length

Habitat:

spotted in my desert garden on an Undulate Fleabane bloom (Pulicaria incisa)

Notes:

B. musca the only Bembix species reported in Egypt according to http://insectoid.info/checklist/crabronidae/egypt/

Reference Links:

Bembix

Species ID Suggestions

Sand Wasp

Bembix sp
Paul Davis
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PublishedMarch 5, 2014

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