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Black Vespid Wasp

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Several of these small black wasps were feeding at the outer bases of the leaves on an arboreal bromeliad. Family Vespidae.

Habitat:

Semi-urban area on the outskirts of San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

There is a Conopid or Thick-Headed Fly in San Cristobal that almost exactly mimics this wasp:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16883305/fullscreen.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
John La Salle
Some type of Vespidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespidae

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PublishedMay 8, 2013

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