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Symmorphus sp.
Small, slender wasps, about 8-10 mm in body length, marked as shown. Note wings are folded longitudinally.
Several females nesting in old beetle borings in a cottonwood log near stream. Habitat is riparian with open fields, scattered trees, milkweed, cattails, etc.
The wasps were being harassed by cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae).
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nice catch :)