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Aporinellus sp.
About 7-8 millimeters in body length, colored as shown with black and blue-gray. Male is in the last image, more slender, with bold black and gray banding on the abdomen.
These wasps were running rapidly over a yucca pod, gleaning aphid honeydew from its surface. Overall habitat is degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
These wasps are virtually impossible to identify to species from images of wild specimens.
Spotted on Jun 29, 2012
Submitted on Jan 10, 2014
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