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Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp

Trypoxylon politum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 38, February 39, March 45, April 84, May 98, June 47, July 40, August 38, September 46, October 42, November 35, December 34.
United States5,443
Maryland709
Virginia655
New York568
Texas502
New Jersey452
North Carolina423
Canada346
Ontario342
Pennsylvania318

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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
FamilySquare-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies · Crabronidae
GenusTrypoxylon

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