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Wasp - Miscellaneous

order Hymenoptera

Chrysididae - Cuckoo Wasps family      Chrysidinae - subfamily

Cuckoo Wasps  Chrysis angolensis

Body about 3/8" long.

Photo taken in Taylor County, July 2007

(Native of Texas)

? family

? Common Name ** zi 4 ** Scientific Name

Body about 1/2" long.

Photo taken in Taylor County, May 2004

(Native of Texas)

Hunting Similar Species

Tiphiidae - Tiphiid Wasp family

? Common Name Myzinum sp.

Vespidae - True Wasp family      Masarinae - Pollen Wasps subfamily

Pseudomasaris sp.

? subfamily

? Common Name **zi 5** Scientific Name

Body about 1" long.

Photo taken in Van Zandt County, November 2006

(Native of Texas)

Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant family

Cow Killer Dasymutilla sp.

Body about 1/2" long.  No wings means it is a female.  She will lay her egg near a ground bee nest where the wasp larva devours the bee larva.

Photos taken in Taylor County, June 2006

(Native of Texas)

Hunting Similar Species

Dasymutilla mutata

Dasymutilla nigripes

Dasymutilla texanella

photo coming soon

Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant family

Velvet Ant Dasymutilla sp.

Body about ?" long.  No wings means it is a female.  She will lay her egg near a ground bee nest where the wasp larva devours the bee larva.

Photo taken in Taylor County,

(Native of Texas)

Hunting Similar Species

Dasymutilla magnifica

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