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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 07, 2015

Very large and black flying insect. A couple of them were hanging around my mountain mints today. Any idea what they are?

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Aug 08, 2015

Believe it is a solitary wasp, perhaps a Larropsis species. http://bugguide.net/node/view/188775/bgimage

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 08, 2015

thanks, Greenthumb!

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 08, 2015

I am thinking, based on its size and color, that maybe it is a Great Black Wasp? They were just about 2" long.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 09, 2015

That seems more likely; the head shape of CatMint's specimen appears wrong for Larropsis/Podalonia...

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 10, 2015

thanks, Flapdoodle!!

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Aug 10, 2015

That's why they pay him the big bucks on this site. ;-) At least I got the family correct, my untrained eye does not see significant differences in head shape. Glad Flapdoodle is around to correct and educate, a great service to this forum. Thank You.

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 10, 2015

I totally agree, Greenthumb! :-)

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