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Two Moons Beewolf

Philanthus bilunatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jef, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 16, February 16, March 25, April 49, May 95, June 44, July 159, August 36, September 32, October 26, November 16, December 15.
United States988
Canada739
Ontario398
New York295
Quebec145
Vermont125
Massachusetts104
Michigan91
New Hampshire65
Nova Scotia64

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

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
FamilySquare-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies · Crabronidae
GenusBeewolves · Philanthus

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