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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subtribe Crabronina

Mystery wasp - Ectemnius Insect 0959 - Ectemnius borealis Crossocerus? - Crossocerus Ectemnius sp Square-headed wasp? - Lestica Square-headed Wasp - male - female Small Wasp feeding on Daisies - Ectemnius dilectus Square-headed Wasp
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 Crabroninae
Tribe Crabronini (Square-headed Wasps)
Subtribe Crabronina
Numbers
~150 spp. in 10 genera in our area(1), ~1360 spp. in 44 genera worldwide(2)