DIGITAL FIELD GUIDE: WASPS   (Order: Hymenoptera)

Couplet #22 Entire Key at a Glance

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22a: Abdomen narrow; thin, yellow abdominal rings alternating with wider, brown rings; abdomen smooth.


Poecilopompilus sp.


Poecilopompilus sp.


Poecilopompilus sp.

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22b: Abdomen visibly segmented, usually with prominent yellow rings alternating with thinner, black rings; if black rings present, then head is also black. Sometimes abdomen with thin, yellow bands alternating with red bands. If red bands present, then head also red.


Eucerceris sp.


Eucerceris sp.


Eucerceris sp.


Eucerceris sp.

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