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Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp

Triscolia ardens

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 24, February 22, March 29, April 39, May 35, June 17, July 21, August 29, September 19, October 18, November 19, December 21.
United States451
Arizona294
New Mexico70
Texas46
California37
Mexico19
San Luis Potosi7
Utah4
Durango3
Tamaulipas3

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

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyScoliid Wasps · Scoliidae
GenusTriscolia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.