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Species Ancistrocerus gazella

Wasp on Mint - Ancistrocerus gazella Wasp on Coreopsis flower - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Possible Ancistrocerus gazella? - Ancistrocerus gazella Possible Ancistrocerus gazella? - Ancistrocerus gazella Wasp on Coreopsis - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Hymenoptera. Vespidae. Ancistrocerus gazella. - Ancistrocerus gazella - female Little black and yellow wasp in Montreal - Ancistrocerus gazella Ancistrocerus gazella? - Ancistrocerus gazella
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
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Ancistrocerus
Species gazella (Ancistrocerus gazella)
Other Common Names
European tube wasp, European potter wasp
Range
Eastern/northeastern US, newly recorded from states such as KY on iNaturalist (2023).
Food
Female collects about 20 caterpillars for each nest. Larvae feed on them.
Adults feed on nectar and aphid honeydew.
Remarks
Introduced from Europe before 1961.
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].