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Hidalgo Mason Wasp

Euodynerus hidalgo

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 78, February 74, March 85, April 160, May 98, June 114, July 47, August 44, September 56, October 80, November 73, December 71.
United States6,013
Texas883
California602
New York566
New Jersey480
Virginia407
North Carolina309
Maryland272
Massachusetts236
Georgia224

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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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