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Saddleback Scoliid Wasp
Pygodasis ephippium
25 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
Caribbean scoliid waspDielis dorsata
Large Four-spotted Scoliid WaspPygodasis quadrimaculata
Scolia hirta
Mammoth Scoliid WaspRegiscolia maculata
Blue-winged Scoliid WaspScolia dubia
Regiscolia azurea
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 671 |
|---|---|
| Ecuador | 174 |
| Pichincha | 96 |
| Jalisco | 83 |
| Mexico | 82 |
| Guanajuato | 57 |
| United States | 52 |
| Puebla | 51 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 49 |
| Nuevo Leon | 41 |
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 | Pygodasis |
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 Saddleback Scoliid Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.