Spotting

Description:

I am not certain what this is. Could be a Blue Mud Wasp, A Great Black Wasp or a Blue-Black Spider Wasp. Any ideas?

Habitat:

Suburban backyard

Species ID Suggestions

3 Comments

iGo Sugiarto 10 years ago

Some kind Blue Winged Wasp. Im sorry cant Suggerst the ID, no reference.

yeskay 10 years ago

Good shot!

John La Salle 10 years ago

Judging from the shape of the pronotum, I would say it is a spider wasp (Pompilidae). I realise that some of these characters aren't always that easy to recognise and see.
Note that there are some pictorial keys to many of the insect families at
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies...
This is for Australia, but the major groups are found everywhere.