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sheeba Mannford, OK Sep 22, 2007

Can anyone ID this insect for me? Is it a black wasp? Is there any such thing as a black wasp? Fortunately they are not aggressive. I have a lot of them in my Mexican Heather and garden. They seem to be harmless...so far.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 22, 2007

There's a whole family (maybe two, depending who you ask) of these Thread-waisted Wasps, Sphecidae (and Crabronidae), mostly black.
These are harmless to people, as far as I know

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bbugorder%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=sphecidae&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&Search=Search

"There are hundreds of species of narrow-waisted solitary wasps that live in Kentucky." - from this site:

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/wasps/solitary/solitary.htm

Oklahoma probably has a similar number!


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sheeba Mannford, OK Sep 23, 2007

Thanks, Claypa. It's very similar to the Thread-waisted Wasps but a bit different. Probably in the same family.

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