Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identified: Cerceris cf. sabulosa

Posted by Isidro on 12-06-2007 07:50
#1
It can be Sphecidae, Eumenidae, Masaridae...

Yesterday at my garden , pollinating Ruta graveolens flowers, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. It sizes about 10-12 mm.

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?Can somebody help me?
Edited by Isidro on 14-06-2007 08:06

Posted by Robert Nash on 12-06-2007 08:31
#2
Cerceris Sphecidae is my guess. Nice pic :D Slainte Robert

Posted by Isidro on 12-06-2007 14:48
#3
Thanks a lot Robert! :D

Now I have even the genus! Somebody want try it with the species?

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 12-06-2007 20:07
#4
By gaster color, it may be a female of Cerceris sabulosa, the most common Cerceris species in the mediterranean area. But there are some similar species, and the whole species group is difficult to identify.

Christian
www.galerie.hymis.eu

Posted by Isidro on 13-06-2007 12:08
#5
Many thanks Christian!!! I let it as Cerceris cf. sabulosa.