Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790) is a animal in the Crabronidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790)

Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790)

Ectemnius maculosus is a square-headed wasp native to eastern North America, with adventive populations reported elsewhere.

Family
Genus
Ectemnius
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790)

Ectemnius maculosus (Gmelin, 1790) is a species of square-headed wasp that belongs to the family Crabronidae. The native range of this species covers most of the eastern United States and the extreme southeastern part of Canada. There are also reports of this species being found outside its native range, across North America, Europe, and northern Asia, where it may be an introduced, adventive population.

Photo: (c) Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kimberlie Sasan · cc-by-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Crabronidae Ectemnius

More from Crabronidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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