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A very tricky wasp mimic moth (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by psyspoop@kbin.social to c/entomology@mander.xyz

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[–] psyspoop@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Found it in Northeast Nebraska hanging out on a plant on the edge of a tallgrass prairie and woodland while surveying for mycorhizal fungi. Thankfully I like taking pictures of wasps since I 100% thought this was a Polistes, otherwise I might have just walked on.

If anyone has any idea on an ID, it'd be much appreciated.

[–] rlhe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it look like these: https://bugguide.net/node/view/15985

[–] psyspoop@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's also the taxon that I came to last night when I was trying to figure it out. Maybe! I have it up on bugguide too now.

[–] rlhe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice. Post a link when there is more confirmation! Great find and thanks for sharing!

[–] psyspoop@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing on bugguide so far except confirming it's in Sesiidae. On my iNat record, I had a Sesiidae expert ID it as Vitacea polistiformis