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Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp
Eremnophila aureonotata
28 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
Common Thread-waisted WaspAmmophila procera
Great Black Digger WaspSphex pensylvanicus
Common Blue Mud-dauber WaspChalybion californicum
Fraternal Potter WaspEumenes fraternus
Mexican Grass-carrying WaspIsodontia mexicana
American Pelecinid WaspPelecinus polyturator
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementarium
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter WaspChlorion aerarium
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 18,442 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,760 |
| North Carolina | 1,565 |
| New York | 1,269 |
| Canada | 1,160 |
| Maryland | 1,113 |
| Ohio | 1,089 |
| Georgia | 970 |
| Ontario | 954 |
| Texas | 892 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Thread-waisted Wasps · Sphecidae |
| Genus | Eremnophila |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
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 Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.