Large black wasp - Ask Extension
I found this wasp in my pool skimmer in Bloomington. All black body, two white patches on the head, black and tan legs and antennae. Over one inch in ...
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Large black wasp #874424
Asked June 24, 2024, 12:24 PM EDT
I found this wasp in my pool skimmer in Bloomington. All black body, two white patches on the head, black and tan legs and antennae. Over one inch in length.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
This is a White Horntail.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53249-Urocerus-albicornis
Thank you for writing.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53249-Urocerus-albicornis
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Can you tell what gender it is? I have never seen one before! Thanks for identifying it for me.
On Monday, June 24, 2024, 5:56 PM, Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
Thank you for writing.
I believe the sex is male. https://bugguide.net/node/view/221260
Its gender would be classed as N/A because gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender-diverse people.
I believe the sex is male. https://bugguide.net/node/view/221260
Its gender would be classed as N/A because gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender-diverse people.