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European tube wasp

Ancistrocerus gazella

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 59, February 43, March 68, April 107, May 154, June 167, July 179, August 154, September 113, October 84, November 46, December 36.
United States3,121
Alaska1,210
New Zealand1,002
Canada875
Ontario637
New York478
Massachusetts295
Canterbury Region280
Australia196
Victoria194

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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