Posted by cosmln on 14-04-2008 08:23
#1
HI,
photographed his wasp in 8.april.2008.
founded soaring on a Euphorbia plant in a Fagus fores near a stream. ~700m.
size of he wasp ~12 mm
can be IDed further?
thanks far all the help,
cosmln
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 14-04-2008 09:54
#2
From what I can see, it is a female of Polistes biglumis. In Polistes, head in frontal view is very helpful.
Regards, Christian
Posted by cosmln on 15-04-2008 15:13
#3
Christian Schmid-Egger wrote:
From what I can see, it is a female of Polistes biglumis. In Polistes, head in frontal view is very helpful.
Regards, Christian
hi Christian,
thanks for your help.
the exemplary was very tame, but i forget to make a frontal view. just tried and tried to make some more artistic photos. without success, to dark, he flask was two powerful on that
Euphorbia. the background become too dark and so on..
cosmln
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 15-04-2008 19:22
#4
Yes, of course, these wasps are not professional models. But here, a yellow mandible is visible, so identification is quite sure.
Regards, Christian