Covered cell mud-dauber wasp (species: Sceliphron laetum) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sceliphron laetum
Covered cell mud-dauber wasp


©Anne Hoggett: Sceliphron laetum at Lizard island Research Station.

©Anne Hoggett: Sceliphron laetum with nest at Lizard Island Research Station

©Anne Hoggett: Sceliphron laetum with nest at Lizard Island Research Station.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Sphecidae
Genus Sceliphron
Species Sceliphron laetum

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

A large wasp with a long thin waist; black with orange markings on thorax, legs and abdomen. The nest is made from near cylindrical cells with openings that lack an everted rim. Cell form is not visible in the completed globular nest.

Size

  • Up to 4 cm (Length)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


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