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Bembecine Sand Wasp on mint flowers with "third eye"

Here is a striking Bembecine Sand Wasp (genus Steniolia, Bembicini, Apoidea, Hymenoptera) working non-native mint flowers in the garden this morning. Yep, they have remarkable goggle-like eyes - but what gives with that amazing "third eye" between its two real eyes - the mark of the Illuminati?? Yep, it's real, see this photo. (San Marcos Pass, 22 August 2021)

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Uploaded on August 23, 2021
Taken on August 22, 2021