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Stictia signata
This wasp landed on a sand pile and started digging a hole.
Thanks for all the help bayucca! I'm going with Stictia signata based on your linked pictures and this one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/miguel1pr/6...
Also this page describes them from Guyana. http://books.google.com/books?id=FExMjuR...
Actually I have no IDeas of wasps ;-), but I found some interesting name to check...
Stictia signata:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42068060@N0...
http://www.natureonstatia.com/Stictia%20...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Probably the same one as yours?? Stictia? Bembix? For me rather Stictia...
http://www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/sa...
http://www.shnlh.org/galerie_photos/pict...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lamtF02tNRA/UH...
Bembix americana??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42068060@N0...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/79847/bgpa...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B...
Just some IDeas before going to the apéro ;-)...
Good luck!
Thanks bayucca. It looks like a relative of this one: http://bugguide.net/node/view/69353
Spotted on Mar 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 19, 2013
