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Species Astata unicolor

Wasp or Bee...think its a bee - Astata unicolor - male

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Family Crabronidae Astatine Wasp Astata unicolor Male - Astata unicolor - male

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 Astatinae

Genus Astata

Species unicolor (Astata unicolor)

Range

e. NA west to ON-NE-NM(1)

Season

Jul-Aug in MN(2), Jun-Oct in NC(3)

Internet References

Discover Life

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2.	Insects of Cedar Creek Minnesota

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 January, 2007 - 2:27am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2015 - 7:35am

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