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Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp
Colpa octomaculata
27 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
Feather-legged Scoliid WaspDielis plumipes
Noble Scoliid WaspScolia nobilitata
Five-banded Thynnid WaspMyzinum quinquecinctum
Myzinum obscurum
Colpa alcione
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 473 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 206 |
| Arizona | 43 |
| Mexico | 36 |
| New Mexico | 29 |
| Oklahoma | 24 |
| Georgia | 21 |
| South Carolina | 17 |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 17 |
| Colorado | 13 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Scoliid Wasps · Scoliidae |
| Genus | Colpa |
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 Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.