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Weevil Wasp

Cerceris sp.

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

>1cm wasp

Habitat:

on swamp milkweed feeding on flower contents

Notes:

Are wasps effective pollinators? They sometimes have pollen on their bodies but they are of course not specialized for packing on pollen grains to the body surface.

Species ID Suggestions

Weevil wasp

Cerceris sp.

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BugEric
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Comments (1)
BugEric
Looks like a male (all-yellow face). Really need the specimen in hand to get a species ID.

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 21, 2013

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