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nbdragonflyguy

Date

September 12, 2019 02:45 PM ADT

Description

Crossocerus? I have at least four pics of this little wasp. I think it bears some resemblance to @heatherholm's nesting Crossocerus, but of course I could be mistaken. It does not appear to have pale rings on the top of the tibiae, though:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1737573/bgpage
@matthias22

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marytschopp

Date

August 17, 2021 01:05 PM EDT

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What

Potter and Mason Wasps (Subfamily Eumeninae)

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niccifreshour

Date

May 22, 2022 04:20 PM EDT

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jeffdc

Date

May 25, 2022 12:45 PM EDT

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adamkohl

Date

June 22, 2022 12:13 PM EDT

Description

On Aruncus dioicus flowers, wings have a dark purple tint

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jeanine10

Date

July 16, 2022 09:25 AM EDT

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What

Potter and Mason Wasps (Subfamily Eumeninae)

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nsharp

Date

July 3, 2022 03:40 PM EDT

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david99

Date

July 28, 2022 07:35 AM EDT

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teminy

Date

August 8, 2022 10:27 AM EDT

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haberk

Date

September 4, 2022 05:37 PM EDT

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surfman

Date

October 15, 2022 12:24 PM EDT

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rebecca145

Date

October 20, 2023 12:56 PM EDT

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Vertical Potter Wasp (Eumenes verticalis)

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mossman13

Date

July 13, 2022 03:31 PM CDT

Description

On Pycnanthemum tenuifolium n 4-yr old prairie planting. This species found on P. tenuifolium at this site exactly one year ago as well.

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samwilhelm

Date

July 2022

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naturalist2073

Date

May 18, 2023 02:22 PM EDT

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Catskill Potter Wasp (Ancistrocerus catskill)

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dancingfrog

Date

October 1, 2023 12:58 PM EDT

Description

Trapped between windows, but alive earlier today.

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pepperscorn

Date

October 2023

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Bramble Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus adiabatus)

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trusty125

Date

October 1, 2023 05:48 PM EDT

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European Tube Wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella)

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akilee

Date

September 14, 2023 01:02 PM EDT

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the_wood

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alllife2023

Date

September 22, 2023 02:45 PM EDT

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jodoodles

Date

September 9, 2023 10:13 AM CDT

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jodoodles

Date

September 23, 2023 11:02 AM CDT

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rcurtis

Date

September 15, 2023 04:13 PM EDT

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Impressive Dagger (Acronicta impressa)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

September 15, 2023 02:46 PM ADT

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frodejacobsen

Date

August 4, 2023 10:34 AM EDT

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What

Bramble Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus adiabatus)

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isopoddemigod

Date

August 27, 2023 01:53 PM EDT

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evanofindiana

Date

August 25, 2023 05:29 PM EDT

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boogirl

Date

July 4, 2023 09:23 AM EDT

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

July 18, 2021 12:13 PM ADT

Description

Heads up @neilvinson @laura_clarke @sinclvan6
This cool little cuckoo wasp was found in the pollinator garden during the 2021 BioBlitz. As far as I can tell, this critter is completely new for Eastern North America on iNat and Bug Guide. I will check with @matthias22 and @johnklymko whether there are any known records for this Genus in the region.

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One-banded Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus unifasciatus)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

July 16, 2022 12:34 PM ADT

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

August 1, 2021 10:33 AM ADT

Description

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Common Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius communis)

Date

August 1, 2021 02:30 PM CDT

Description

Lifer

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Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusoperator)

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colinpurrington

Date

June 12, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

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Ant Flies (Genus Microdon)

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amoorehouse

Date

June 2, 2021 03:36 PM CDT

Description

Found resting on poison ivy leaf in remnant woodland opening at Nenawakwa Land and Water Reserve.

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Large Ectemnius (Ectemnius cephalotes)

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sarahkvidt

Date

August 12, 2019 05:05 PM UTC

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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

May 11, 2021 10:54 AM ADT

Description

Chowing down

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amoorehouse

Date

May 5, 2021 01:13 PM CDT

Description

Found along roadside in patch on butterweed.

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Horned Passalus Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus)

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judygva

Date

March 19, 2021 01:33 PM EDT

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Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)

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xris

Date

June 16, 2020 11:31 AM EDT

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martinlucas

Date

April 11, 2020 03:11 AM CDT

Description

On Salix blossoms at the margin of a sand prairie pocket marsh. This is a bold suggested ID, but it really seems a good match to me, and those wings are unusual. Not too far from the size of a typical house fly, the head looks tachinid, but the rest of the fly less typically so. If this ID is correct, it's a male, the females don't have patterned wings. The four photos are a single individual.

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Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)

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amoorehouse

Date

July 14, 2015 03:31 PM CDT

Description

Found on rattlesnake master in planted prairie.

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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

January 10, 2011 11:35 AM AST

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martinlucas

Date

August 22, 2019 01:55 PM CDT

Description

In mostly bare sand on a small dune in a sand prairie -- a small spider wasp probing into the sand. I think its an Anoplius based on the blue-black color, the partial orange abdomen and the leg spines, but I could be wrong. Photos are a series of a single wasp.

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martinlucas

Date

July 14, 2019 01:30 PM CDT

Description

On Cicuta maculata blossoms on the border of a prairie pothole marsh. A breeding pair perhaps, they rubbed their antennae quite rapidly. A few minutes later I observed what appeared to be the same species of wasp lurking at the openings of the dens of larger wasps on a nearby sand dune -- maybe 200 meters away. [see" https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28811923] If I understand the descriptions, these may be from genus Zanysson.

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American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)

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gordon_dietzman

Date

January 22, 2020 03:42 PM CST

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colinpurrington

Date

July 11, 2018 05:04 PM EDT

Description

Cuckoo wasp stalking a Trypoxylon collinum nest. It wasn't successful on this occasion (male T. collinum eventually came out of tube and attacked it) but I saw it enter the nest a day later when the male was briefly out.

I don't have a good shot of distal part of abdomen, unfortunately. Caenochrysis? Chrysis?

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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

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gordon_dietzman

Date

December 30, 2019 02:06 PM CST

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Louis's Club-horned Cuckoo Wasp (Sapyga louisi)

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colinpurrington

Date

June 11, 2019 04:39 PM EDT

Description

Waiting for a Chelostoma philadelphi (Megachilidae) to vacate her nest.

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Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp (Dielis plumipes)

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sharleen_j

Date

October 25, 2019 12:44 PM EDT

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scottking

Date

August 8, 2017 11:34 AM CDT

Description

Horse Guard Wasp?
McKnight Prairie
Randolph, Minnesota

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Halfbands (Genus Melangyna)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

September 17, 2019 03:26 PM ADT

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rustybee

Date

August 10, 2019 09:01 AM PDT

Description

On goldenrod.

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amoorehouse

Date

August 6, 2019 01:53 PM CDT

Description

Observed drinking "nectar" from partridge pea glands in planted prairie.

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Sand-loving Wasps (Genus Tachytes)

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martinlucas

Date

August 2, 2019 07:29 AM CDT

Description

On Asclepias verticillata in a sand prairie. A fairly small Tachytes (a male, I would guess) - All photos depict a single individual.

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Oxybelus Wasps (Genus Oxybelus)

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martinlucas

Date

June 16, 2019 07:56 AM CDT

Description

On Asclepias amplexicaulis in a sand prairie and old field. Quite a small insect - note the red tegula and black wings - though it seemed a good fit for genus Oxybelus, I didn't find any that have a red tegula and black wings. Please don't rely on this suggested ID until confirmed or corrected by an expert. The two photos depict the same individual - unfortunately I didn't get a photo of the face, this insect was so small it was near the limits of my capacity to capture it.

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martinlucas

Date

June 16, 2019 07:59 PM CDT

Description

On Asclepias amplexicaulis blossoms in a sand prairie and old field. A very small stubby wasp with a vivid metallic blue color. Maybe 2 or 3 mm.

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Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)

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javiehweg

Date

May 18, 2019 05:24 PM EDT

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judygva

Date

May 12, 2019 02:42 PM EDT

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Blueberry Digger Bee (Habropoda laboriosa)

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judygva

Date

April 11, 2019 05:24 PM EDT

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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)

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judygva

Date

March 22, 2019 02:15 PM EDT

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Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)

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nbdragonflyguy

Date

May 5, 2010 12:24 PM ADT

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amoorehouse

Date

August 29, 2017 05:04 PM CDT

Description

Found on Canada goldenrod in planted prairie. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1432420

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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

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suzanne11

Date

January 20, 2019 04:31 PM HST

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Metric Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)

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amoorehouse

Date

September 14, 2018 12:48 PM CDT

Description

Found on Canada goldenrod in weedy field at Heron Bend Conservation Area.

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Flat-collared Beewolf (Philanthus ventilabris)

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martinlucas

Date

July 21, 2015 12:13 PM CDT

Description

On Dalea purpurea in a sand prairie and old field area. Photos depict a single individual.

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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)

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martinlucas

Date

August 22, 2018 08:12 AM CDT

Description

My sister Donna https://www.inaturalist.org/people/donnalucas discovered a Megachile nest while digging in her garden, and successfully placed it in a jar for examination. The bees started emerging at about 8:00 am on August 22, 2018. She brought the nest over to my house nearby, and we took it out onto the patio where I photographed the bees emerging, and then flying away. These are rather small Megachile bees -- the nest was found in a suburban looking area of a small town. Remnants of sand prairies and black oak savannas in more or less degraded condition are present nearby. Though I didn't notice it at the time, a green fly also emerged; likely a parasite of these bees. Because I didn't notice the fly at the time, I didn't get good photos, but will nevertheless post them as my next observation (see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18841697). This is a long series posted in chronological sequence, but I hope worth it to some; I have quite a few more but I think these show most of the interesting behaviors. I think at least three bees emerged, but no photo shows more than two. The vessel is a small Pyrex measuring cup.

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Widow Yellowjacket (Vespula vidua)

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martinlucas

Date

September 23, 2018 11:23 AM CDT

Description

On an aster (Symphyotrichum) in a sand prairie marsh and thicket area. The predominance of dark markings caught my eye. The flower is most likely Symphyotrichum pilosum, but Symphyotrichum ericoides is similar. This tentative ID is based primarily on the markings but I didn't see a really clear explanation of how to get yellowjackets to species so please don't rely on this until confirmed or corrected by an expert. Photos depict a single individual.

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Double-lined Longhorn Beetle (Brachysomida bivittata)

Observer

amoorehouse

Date

May 30, 2017 01:44 PM CDT

Description

Found on meadow anemone in planted prairie at Wapello Land and Water Reserve.

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Flat-collared Beewolf (Philanthus ventilabris)

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martinlucas

Date

August 23, 2018 04:49 PM CDT

Description

On Eupatorium perfoliatum in a marsh and thicket in the sunny bottom lands of Bogus Run.

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martinlucas

Date

August 22, 2018 05:36 PM CDT

Description

On a sunflower, probably Helianthus X cinereus, in a sand prairie near a marsh. These large Megachile bees were active and rather tame, and lighting conditions were good so I was fortunate to get quite a few good shots; the photos depict more than one individual. Helianthus X cinereus is not available as a choice on iNat so I've simply tagges as "Helianthus". I had formerly thought these were H. hirsutus, though they didn't key out all that well; in summer 2017 Laura Rericha, co-author of "Flora of the Chicago Region" informed me these are X cinereus, perhaps a hybrid of H. mollis and H. occidentalis, both of which are common nearby. Whatever you call them, they seem to be especially attractive to M. fortis. [see also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19800354]

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kjhung

Date

August 4, 2018 07:44 AM EDT

Description

Male Cemolobus ipomoeae resting in Ipomoea pandurata flower at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park. This was the only male I saw this day; all others were females foraging for pollen.

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martinlucas

Date

July 22, 2018 02:34 PM CDT

Description

On Ratibida pinnata in my mostly native sand prairie garden.

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Sand-loving Wasps (Genus Tachytes)

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martinlucas

Date

July 16, 2018 01:03 PM CDT

Description

On Monarda punctata in my mostly native sand prairie garden. Based on prior IDs from the site, I'm inclined to think it's Tachytes guatemalensis. The white substance on the top side of its thorax is M. punctata pollen I think; the second photograph illustrates the wasp oriented pollination scheme of this plant. These two photos depict a single individual.

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Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida)

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cesmith

Date

July 2018

Description

One of many seen. This species was last observed in this area in ~ 2000 or 2001.

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Sumac Cellophane-Cuckoo (Epeolus lectoides)

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martinlucas

Date

July 8, 2018 12:09 PM CDT

Description

On Rudbeckia in a sand prairie. Might be a female Epeolus lectoides, ID'd from the same location in summer of 2017: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1398772

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Louisiana Painted-Dark Bee (Stelis louisae)

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martinlucas

Date

June 28, 2018 05:59 PM CDT

Description

On Asclepias tuberosa in my mostly native sand prairie garden. Smaller than a honeybee, larger than a typical sweat bee. My initial impression was 'cuckoo bee' (eg Epeolus). All the photos depict a single individual.

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Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

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martinlucas

Date

June 2018

Description

In a fishless, sand bottomed pond with clear, clean water. ID using: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs493/HovermanLarvaeID.pdf - Also, the only species of salamander that has been seen in adult form in the area. However, I didn't see the blue-spotted salamander in the key and the habitat for that species is potentially available. Photos are probably not of the same individual. In the third photo, the salamander tries unsuccessfully to eat a large wormlike creature, possible some kind of leech.

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New World Banded Thynnid Wasps (Genus Myzinum)

Observer

martinlucas

Date

August 5, 2017 12:51 PM CDT

Description

A series of photos of an individual female Myzinum wasp visiting Asclepias verticillata on a sand prairie and old field area. This seemed a rather large Myzinum to me. The dotted terga suggest M. carolinianum or obscurum. I see that obscurum is identified by striations on the propodeum. I feel like these may be visible here, but am not sure.