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Philanthus gibbosus
About 10 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Note "rugose" texture of the body, heavily and deeply pitted.
This wasp was taking nectar from a lone, blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast open field of heavily degraded shortgrass prairie with yucca, sunflower, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
Females of Philanthus paralyze small, solitary bees as food for their larval offspring, storing the victims in underground burrows.
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