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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

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Genus Sceliphron - Black Mud-dauber Wasps

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 Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps
Subfamily Sceliphrinae
Tribe Sceliphrini - Mud-dauber Wasps
Genus Sceliphron - Black Mud-dauber Wasps

Species assimile - Clayman's Mud Dauber Wasp
Species caementarium - Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Species curvatum - Asian Mud-dauber Wasp