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Pitted Mason Wasp

Euodynerus foraminatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 52, February 53, March 84, April 165, May 317, June 149, July 112, August 166, September 106, October 87, November 54, December 49.
United States4,415
Canada1,535
Ontario1,330
New York634
Michigan534
Texas476
Illinois370
Ohio329
Massachusetts271
Wisconsin161

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusEuodynerus

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