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Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron formosum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 121, February 103, March 64, April 18, May 5, June 3, July 2, August 3, September 11, October 60, November 144, December 150.
Australia684
Queensland285
New South Wales269
Victoria66
South Australia29
Western Australia21
Australian Capital Territory12
Northern Territory1
Other Territories1
Indonesia1

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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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