Rob, > It seems to be of the subfamily > Sphecinae, a thread-waisted wasp, but I did not find any pictures of my > critter Perhaps you'll find some help from the Ken Gray Photo Collection at OSU. It's at http://www.ent3.orst.edu/kgphoto/index.cfm You can bring up the entire list, or can search by common name or technical name. The frustrating part about using this resource is that it has some whopping errors due to typos or, perhaps, fatigued and crossed eyes of the person entering the data. Jean, in Portland, OR
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