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Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Thread-waisted Wasp

Habitat:

Garden on limestone outcrop in foothills of los Serranos mountains.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks for the tips John, I have updated the name fields. It looks close to S. spirifex but that does not have a yellow antennae base in the wiki picture.
John La Salle
Mud dauber wasp - genus Sceliphron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceliphron

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2016 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedAugust 22, 2016

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