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family - Crabronidae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

all black, wasp like insect

Habitat:

montane rainforest, 1200m

Notes:

Gunung Halimun national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
John La Salle
Crabronidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae I know that it is difficult to see, but the best character to separate the bulk of the large wasps (Vespoidea: Pompilidae, Vespidae, Tiphiidae, Scoliidae, etc) from the Apoidea (bees, Sphecidae, Crabronidae) is the shape of the pronotum. This page illustrates the difference. http://www.myrmecos.net/2013/10/07/how-to-recognize-apoidea/

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