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Black-and-red Horntail

Urocerus cressoni

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4, February 4, March 7, April 14, May 26, June 12, July 9, August 15, September 9, October 7, November 5, December 4.
United States337
Canada237
Ontario111
New York62
Quebec47
Michigan37
Vermont33
Nova Scotia31
Minnesota23
Maine22

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

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHorntails · Siricidae
GenusUrocerus

Sources

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