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Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp

Dielis plumipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 3, February 1, March 30, April 35, May 45, June 77, July 261, August 84, September 51, October 33, November 8, December 0.
North Carolina1,158
Georgia823
South Carolina582
Alabama412
Texas347
Mississippi285
New Jersey157
Virginia133
Maryland117
Louisiana107

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
FamilyScoliid Wasps · Scoliidae
GenusDielis

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