A new wasp for me

Lord Vetinari

Spotted this when I was trying to get a shot of a blue mason bee female. At first I thought it was one, but in the viewfinder decided it was a very odd nomada bee. Changed my mind when processing the shots to a digger wasp but it turns out it's a Sapygid wasp which is a cleptoparasite of mason bees. ID'd by Nigel Jones as Sapyga quinquepunctata.
5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash.
Brian V.

e6filmuser

Brian,

Nice find and images. Five-Spotted Club-Horned wasp. The number of spots varies. Host is Osmia especially O. bicolor

Harold

Stumblebum

Congrats on new wasp Brian!

Lord Vetinari

e6filmuser wrote: »

Brian,

Nice find and images. Five-Spotted Club-Horned wasp. The number of spots varies. Host is Osmia especially O. bicolor

Harold

Stumblebum wrote: »

Congrats on new wasp Brian!

Thanks for the comments Harold and SB :
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

great find Brian

looks quite long ?

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

great find Brian

looks quite long ?

Thanks Phil - about 11mm body length

e6filmuser

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks Phil - about 11mm body length

My book gives 7-12mm.

Harold