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Bembix sp.
20mm
This wasp was burrowing into sand in my garden
I am pretty sure yours is a Crabronidae, Bembicinae and probably a Bembicini (?), Sand Wasp. I found the same one in Indonesia, but no ID, besides a genus which might not be correct. Bicyrtes is an US species. Common species of Sand Wasps are Bembix with Bembix occulata as a very close match. The one in the link is from Israel, so probably not found in Thailand:
http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id59863/
This is the perfect match, but no ID!
http://potokito-myshot.blogspot.ch/2012/...
I guess that it is important to check/compare carefully the details in colors and marking in this spotting. So, maybe you can do something with Bembicinae and Sand Wasp.
3 days IDing without cleaning the browser is not always a good idea. I had a crash and lost a lot of links. Now I am working and have not the time for an intense search and I think you would need an intense search for that one.
Thank you Seema for your imput. But I'm not convinced these "wasps" are
Vespinae.I've added two photos of the proboscis.
Spotted on Dec 4, 2013
Submitted on Dec 4, 2013
