Black and Orange Wasp

NurseLoaf

Taken at Waimea Valley, on Oahu, Hawaii. A quick googling has not helped me with the ID. Maybe 2cm in length.

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GOLDENORFE

Great looking wasps Andy, well shot !

Lord Vetinari

Good captures- looks dangerous with that bright orange tail
Brian v.

NurseLoaf

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Good captures- looks dangerous with that bright orange tail
Brian v.

Thanks guys. This little guy was moving along the vertical side of a curb. Got off about 5 shots looking straight down at him, with autofocus, before he was gone. My wife spotted him as I was intrigued by a nipple fruit

I found a Flickr group that helped me ID him:
Here's what Raina Kaholoaa with Haleakala National Park had to say:
"It's a pompilid, or spider wasp (Family Pompilidae). There are no native
pompilids. I'm guessing its Tachypompilus analis (F), but can't say for
sure."