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Subfamily Masarinae - Pollen Wasps

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris edwardsii - male Pseudomasaris wheeleri - female Pseudomasaris wheeleri - female Quick Wasp - Pseudomasaris - female mud nest - Pseudomasaris Pseudomasaris basirufus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Masarinae (Pollen Wasps)
Numbers
14 species in North America.
Size
10-20 mm
Identification
Yellow and black. FW with only two submarginal cells. Clubbed antennae.
Range
Only in the West.
Food
The larvae- unlike those of other Vespids- eat pollen and nectar instead of insects, etc.
Life Cycle
The females make nests of mud or sand attached to twigs or rocks. They provision the nests with pollen and nectar and lay their eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae that eat the provisions, then pupate and emerge as adults.
Print References
The Pollen Wasps - Ecology and Natural History of the Masarinae. Gess, Sarah K. (1996) Harvard University Press.
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Internet References
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 June, 2005 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, waspGeorge
Last updated 18 December, 2007 - 5:04pm

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