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Four-toothed Mason Wasp

Monobia quadridens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 60, February 61, March 97, April 190, May 365, June 171, July 291, August 354, September 122, October 100, November 63, December 56.
United States18,033
Canada1,546
Ontario1,529
Texas1,515
Virginia1,393
New York1,214
Maryland1,138
Massachusetts1,030
Ohio1,029
North Carolina942

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusMonobia

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