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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Ammophilinae » Eremnophila » Eremnophila aureonotata

Species Eremnophila aureonotata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Eremnophila aureonotata KS Wasp #3 - Eremnophila aureonotata Eremnophila aureonotata Close-up of male - Eremnophila aureonotata - male Black Wasp (needlewaisted) ? - Eremnophila aureonotata Wasp - Eremnophila aureonotata Thread-waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata) - Eremnophila aureonotata Thread-waisted wasp - Eremnophila aureonotata - Eremnophila aureonotata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Ammophilinae
Genus Eremnophila
Species aureonotata (Eremnophila aureonotata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eremnophila aureonotata (Cameron 1888)
Explanation of Names
Latin aureo 'gold' + notatus 'marked'
Identification
The blue-black body and silvery/gold patches (may wear off in older individuals) are distinctive (Troy Bartlett)
Range
e. NA to TX and Central America(1)
Habitat
Old fields near deciduous or other(?) woodlands. The wasp is commonly found on wildflowers with large clusters of blossoms, such as Queen Anne's Lace. Mating pairs on flowers are common.
Season
Jun-Oct in NC(2); in MI, Jun-Sep, mostly Jul-Aug(3)
Food
Adults take nectar; larvae feed on caterpillars of Noctuidae, Notodontidae (especially), and Sphingidae, and also skippers (Hesperidae)(host list)
Life Cycle
Female digs burrow and provisions it with a single large caterpillar
Works Cited
1.Apoidea (Bees; Sphecoid wasps) on discoverlife.org
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
3.Sphecid Wasps of Michigan
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2010 - 10:46am

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