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Podalonia sp.
About 20-23 millimeters in body length, all black in color with violet reflections on the wings.
The wasp had unearthed a cutworm caterpillar and stung it repeatedly, all by the side of a paved bike path along a riparian corridor through a residential neighborhood.
This is one of the first wasps seen in spring here in Colorado Springs. They are very common; and males look nothing like the females, being more slender and marked with red on the abdomen.
Spotted on Mar 15, 2012
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014
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