DIGITAL FIELD GUIDE: WASPS   (Order: Hymenoptera)

Couplet #5 Entire Key at a Glance

<-- from Key Location 4a

5a: Wasp nearly two inches long, but slender; head and thorax black; thorax with silvery marks; abdomen orange with black tip.


Ammophila procera

--> Go to Ammophila procera

5b: Wasp about ½ inch long, slender; head and thorax black; abdomen orange with black tip.

--> Go to Ammophila pictipennis

5c: Wasp about ½ inch long, slender, body completely orange-red.

--> Go to Ammophila ferruginosa

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