DIGITAL FIELD GUIDE: WASPS   (Order: Hymenoptera)

Couplet #2 Entire Key at a Glance

<-- from Key Location 1b

2a: Wasp with distinct red velvet abdomen; wings black, often shiny, iridescent black.


Red Velvet Scoliid

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2b: Wasp of various forms but lacking the distinct red velvet abdomen.


Bicyrtes sp.


Eucerceris sp.


Eumenes sp.

--> Go to Couplet #3

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