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Auplopus mellipes
Small wasp. About 1" long. Jittery. Orange legs. Black body. Triad of eye spots between its compound eyes. Video shows mandibles in action
Found in our home. I keep getting errors on the YouTube here - don't know why. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioiZOnfG...
I think you were right the first time. The subspecies has orange on its head - my specimen's head is all black.
RE: my ID suggestion -
there is also a subspecies (A. mellipes ssp. mellipes),
so it could be this one instead.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2016
Submitted on Jul 25, 2016
