Potter wasp

Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Parancistrocerus fulvipes is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae. This species' nesting sites include borings in wood, old mud dauber and Polistes nests, and abandoned burrows of ground-nesting bees, but it may also construct its own burrows in the ground. Prey includes caterpillars of Tortricidae, Nolidae, Chloephorinae, Crambidae, and Gelechiidae.

Distribution

Potter wasp — (c) Richard Stovall, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 52

Sources and credits

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