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White-banded Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Walden’s Potter WaspAncistrocerus waldenii
Catskill Potter WaspAncistrocerus catskill
Bald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculata
Cross Potter WaspEumenes crucifera
Black-and-white Mason WaspEuodynerus leucomelas
BlackjacketVespula consobrina
Bramble Mason WaspAncistrocerus adiabatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 540 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 472 |
| Alaska | 264 |
| Ontario | 162 |
| Quebec | 68 |
| British Columbia | 59 |
| New York | 56 |
| Alberta | 39 |
| Minnesota | 38 |
| Nova Scotia | 33 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae |
| Genus | Ancistrocerus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise White-banded Potter Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.