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American Sand Wasp

Bembix americana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 282, February 244, March 254, April 315, May 306, June 225, July 255, August 258, September 249, October 254, November 327, December 252.
United States7,534
California3,095
Canada2,661
British Columbia1,417
Washington962
Ontario871
New York509
Michigan350
Oregon307
Illinois297

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
GenusBembix

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