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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Symmorphus
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Symmorphus - female
Copyright © 2019 Heather Holm

Symmorphus - Female
Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
July 30, 2014
This female was reusing old mud nest cavities located in the corner of a house shutter. The nests were possibly constructed by Ancistrocerus waldenii or Parancistrocerus leinotus, both have nested nearby. I thought it was useful for the guide since Neararctic Symmorphus are known to be a twig-nesting?

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Contributed by Heather Holm on 5 February, 2019 - 4:59pm
Last updated 31 August, 2019 - 10:34pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 31 August, 2019 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

Interesting
Indeed an interesting observation. This is either S. canadensis or cristatus both of which usually nest in twigs, etc. but apparently not always. I have seen cristatus even disappear in holes in a sandy cliff overhang!
… Matthias Buck, 10 February, 2019 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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