Thread subject: Diptera.info :: wasp, resembling a Podalonia.
Posted by thijsdegraaf on 10-08-2020 22:00
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A wasp, resembling a Podalonia. But with a strange shape of the abdomen to me. On Ragwort.
The Netherlands, Bergen 10-8-2020.
Greetings, Thijs
Posted by thijsdegraaf on 10-08-2020 22:00
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second photo
Posted by thijsdegraaf on 10-08-2020 22:01
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third
Posted by eklans on 11-08-2020 08:45
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Hi Thijs, not sure but it looks very much like a Sphex funerarius, I've found in my garden last year - except for the segment behind the petiole (can it be an injury?) and I cannot see the strong spines on the tibiae.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by thijsdegraaf on 11-08-2020 14:38
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except for the segment behind the petiole (can it be an injury?) and I cannot see the strong spines on the tibiae.
Hi Eric,
Thanks
The segment behind the petiole is also my problem. I've had several times
Podalonia hirsuta in our garden. But not with this shaped segment. I've another photo of the legs.
Regards, Thijs
Edited by thijsdegraaf on 11-08-2020 14:42
Posted by eklans on 11-08-2020 15:07
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Hi Thijs, the tibiae are not as spiny as those of my Sphex (15-25 mm) and yours look smaller. I think you should stay with Podalonia hirsuta - I cannot think of a Sphecidae with a segment shaped in that way.
Cheers, Eric
Posted by thijsdegraaf on 11-08-2020 22:09
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Hi Eric,
I think you are right. Thanks
Regards, Thijs