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Species Ancistrocerus gazella

Small Potter Wasp - Ancistrocerus gazella - male Wasp [Ancistrocerus? gazella??] - Ancistrocerus gazella - male Ancistrocerus wasp - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Wasp - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Wasp - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Paper Wasp? - Ancistrocerus gazella Ancistrocerus gazella - female Ancistrocerus gazella? - Ancistrocerus gazella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Ancistrocerus
Species gazella (Ancistrocerus gazella)
Other Common Names
European tube wasp, European potter wasp
Range
Eastern/northeastern US, newly recorded from states such as KY on iNaturalist (2023).
Food
Female collects about 20 caterpillars for each nest. Larvae feed on them.
Adults feed on nectar and aphid honeydew.
Remarks
Introduced from Europe before 1961.
Internet References
Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region. (1)
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 October, 2006 - 4:21pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, bdagley
Last updated 19 June, 2023 - 4:50pm

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