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Bramble Mason Wasp

Ancistrocerus adiabatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 59, February 61, March 97, April 189, May 363, June 170, July 128, August 155, September 197, October 100, November 62, December 56.
United States6,686
Canada2,333
Ontario1,523
New York1,050
Virginia582
Maryland560
Michigan548
Massachusetts456
Illinois439
Quebec366

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
GenusAncistrocerus

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