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Asian Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron curvatum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 43, February 32, March 50, April 79, May 114, June 124, July 133, August 114, September 84, October 63, November 34, December 27.
United States1,540
Alaska898
Germany805
France376
Canada353
Italy320
Austria319
Ontario296
Spain295
New York221

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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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