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Species Cerceris bicornuta

Sphecid Wasp - Cerceris bicornuta - male

Cerceris sp.? - Cerceris bicornuta - male

Wasp provisioning burrow with weevil - Cerceris bicornuta - female

Black and Yellow Potter Wasp? - Cerceris bicornuta

Cerceris Wasp - Cerceris bicornuta - male

Eucerceris canaliculata? - Cerceris bicornuta

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)

No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)

Family Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)

Subfamily Philanthinae

Tribe Cercerini

Genus Cerceris

Species bicornuta (Cerceris bicornuta)

Explanation of Names

Cerceris bicornuta Guérin-Méneville 1844

Identification

Body coloration slightly variable (John Ascher)

♂

♀

Mating pair

Range

USA, transcontinental (map)(1)

Food

nest provisioned with Sphenophorus spp. (Matthias Buck)

Female with prey

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 November, 2005 - 10:41am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 17 October, 2024 - 8:49pm

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