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Clayman's Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron assimile

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 10, February 10, March 11, April 22, May 13, June 9, July 15, August 19, September 12, October 19, November 11, December 10.
United States119
Texas119
Mexico116
Nuevo Leon30
Sinaloa27
Jalisco10
Quintana Roo6
Sonora6
Tamaulipas5
Yucatan5

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyThread-waisted Wasps · Sphecidae
GenusBlack-and-yellow Mud-dauber Wasps · Sceliphron

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