Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

On campus I photographed an Eastern Pondhawk (dragonfly) and Fiery Skipper (butterfly), but I’ve posted images of those insects before and this is a new visitor to our home garden. So in keeping with my determination to know what comes to our yard and garden, this is today’s post.

This wasp’s “food” info comes from BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/268 —
“Larvae are parasitoids of white grubs (scarab larvae), especially Phyllophaga and also other Scarabaeidae and to a lesser extent Cicindelidae.

“Adults take nectar, mostly from mostly members of the Asteraceae and Apiaceae plant families.”

No doubt due to its food source, it is “used as a turfgrass pest management”.

Confirmed at BugGuide as genus Myzinum; http://bugguide.net/node/view/799240
Complete taxonomy for those of you keeping score at home:
» Insects (class Insecta)
»» Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (order Hymenoptera)
»»» Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
»»»» Thynnoidea (superfamily)
»»»»» Thynnid Wasps (family Thynnidae)
»»»»»» Myzininae (subfamily)
»»»»»»» Myzinum (genus)
»»»»»»»» Myzinum quinquecinctum (species, Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp)

One year ago (“Under construction”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-05
Two years ago (“Geek Toys I”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-05

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KAL ace

This a wonderful capture! I admire that you can identify your bugs so well, and are constantly finding new ones. The information on this wasp is interesting!

July 6th, 2013

Lydia

More bugs of southern Illinois! Yuck!

July 7th, 2013

Thom Mitchell ace

@kathyladley Oh, Kathy, it is *not* me! I registered at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ for help with butterflies & moths and at http://bugguide.net/ for help with insects and spiders. The volunteer experts at those sites are super-wonderful!

@gizathecat Hey, this bug does grunge work: got grubs?

July 7th, 2013