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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Crabronini » Crabronina » Ectemnius » Subgenus Metacrabro (Ectemnius Subgenus Metacrabro) » Ectemnius maculosus

Species Ectemnius maculosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References
Big head - Ectemnius maculosus Ectemnius...maculosus? - Ectemnius maculosus Crabronidae IMG_0914 - Ectemnius maculosus Square-headed Wasp? - Ectemnius maculosus Square-headed Wasp - Ectemnius maculosus Potter or Mason Wasp (Eumeninae) ??? - Ectemnius maculosus Crabroninae, the other side of one wasp cocoon - Ectemnius maculosus Crabroninae, same larva, mouth parts - Ectemnius maculosus
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 (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Crabronini
Subtribe Crabronina
Genus Ectemnius
No Taxon (Subgenus Metacrabro)
Species maculosus (Ectemnius maculosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crabro maculatus
Explanation of Names
Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790)
Size
10 mm.
Identification
"Male of this species quite distinctive because of the narrowing of the head behind the eyes." -- Matthias Buck
Range
"Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec. United States east of 100th meridian (Bohart and Menke 1976)." (naturewatch.ca)
Food
Larvae feed on flies supplied by adults. Adults visit flowers for nectar.
Internet References
GBIF
iNaturalist
Discover Life
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 27 September, 2006 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 28 March, 2021 - 11:05am

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