A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Pennisetia marginata
This wasp mimicking moth has black and yellow bands and closely resembles a yellow-jacket. The blackberry plant that its on is its host plant.
Spotted on a blackberry plant next to a country road with tall fir trees nearby.
The larvae feed on blackberry and raspberry plant, which they bore into.
Spotted on Aug 26, 2019
Submitted on Aug 26, 2019
6 Comments
Thank you Leonardo Castro, SukanyaDatta and ornithoptera80 for your kind words.
amazing spotting Brian38
Super! What a fantastic fraud. A new species for me. Thanks.
Just unbelievable!
Thanks Mark. I thought I was taking pictures of a yellow jacket initially.
Excellent mimicry.