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I think this may be a solitary wasp that has been overtaken by some form of parasitic fungi. Sphecidae. Someone else couldn't identify their specimen (see reference link) someone in the USA thought a similar one was Aporinellus sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/345347/bgp...
Spotted on Jan 1, 2011
Submitted on Dec 3, 2012
3 Comments
Where's the fungi?
This is simply a species in the family Sphecidae. Many of them are covered in short, metallic hairs or scales like this.
doesn't look infected to me; very nice spotting!