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family - Crabronidae
all black, wasp like insect
montane rainforest, 1200m
Gunung Halimun national park.
Spotted on Dec 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 28, 2014
4 Comments
Thanks John and Mark.
Thanks John. Handy link.
Crabronidae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae...
I know that it is difficult to see, but the best character to separate the bulk of the large wasps (Vespoidea: Pompilidae, Vespidae, Tiphiidae, Scoliidae, etc) from the Apoidea (bees, Sphecidae, Crabronidae) is the shape of the pronotum.
This page illustrates the difference.
http://www.myrmecos.net/2013/10/07/how-t...
Maybe Pompilidae ?