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Flying Insect Markings On Back <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99091/flying_insect_with_orange_abdomen.html" title="Flying Insect With Orange Abdomen"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/4330/99091_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=hK32GhvQnLaL%2FDS50HHoyeUVBas%3D" width="200" height="168" alt="Flying Insect With Orange Abdomen Found this insect on the ground covered in ants. Realized it was still alive when I got the ants off. Have not been able to identify the species. This photo doesn't show the brown criss-cross lines on the back. Trichopoda_pennipes? <br />
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Fall,Geotagged,Prionyx parkeri,United States

Flying Insect Markings On Back

Flying Insect With Orange Abdomen Found this insect on the ground covered in ants. Realized it was still alive when I got the ants off. Have not been able to identify the species. This photo doesn't show the brown criss-cross lines on the back. Trichopoda_pennipes? <br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99092/flying_insect_markings_on_back.html<br />
Fall,Geotagged,Prionyx parkeri,United States

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The Prionyx parkeri

Prionyx parkeri is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by DebRich

By DebRich

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Uploaded Jul 29, 2020. Captured Nov 11, 2011 09:26 in 216 W Magnolia Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA.

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NIKON D5100
f/5.6
1/125s
ISO200
300mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.