Ectemnius Cephalotes

[Beagletorque]

Square-headed Digger Wasp.

Posing on granite, note the "brushes" around the sting. 300+MC-20 natural light.



In the burrow, an old oak post. 60 macro setup with flash.

[Guest]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

Where's the hole in the granite?

[Beagletorque]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

Where's the hole in the granite?

I think he's just looking for it, either that or a dentist.

[Guest]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

A dentist will teach him how to sting big time.

[Harold Gough]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

Lovely images but the lack of a yellow stripe across the back of the thorax and the striping along the legs, makes me doubt that it is cephalotes. Some of the species are very difficult to separate.

Harold

[Beagletorque]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

Possibly lapidarius then?

[Harold Gough]

Re: Ectemnius Cephalotes

Possibly lapidarius then?

That looks more likely. Strangely, as our most widespread species, it is absent from my book.

Harold