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Species Zethus spinipes

Black & White Wasp on Mountain Mint - Zethus spinipes - female

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 (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)

Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)

Genus Zethus

Species spinipes (Zethus spinipes)

Explanation of Names

Zethus spinipes (Say 1837)

Size

Fore wing: ♂ 9.5–11 mm, ♀ 12–14 mm(1)

Range

e US (MA-FL to WI-KS-TX)(1)

Habitat

Fields, meadows, with flowers

Season

Jul-Sep in NC(2)

Internet References

Species page(1)

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].

2.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 September, 2004 - 10:03pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, v belov
Last updated 5 March, 2019 - 4:23pm

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