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Mason wasp

Ancistrocerus antilope

Description:

About 15-17 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.

Habitat:

Found on flowers in the butterfly garden at the zoo. Surrounding native habitat is mixed coniferous forest with some Gambel's oak, aspen, chokecherry, and other trees.

Notes:

Identification provided by Dr. Matthias Buck, Royal Alberta Museum, Canada.

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1 Comment

kdpicturemaker
kdpicturemaker 10 years ago

Nice wasp BugEric.

BugEric
Spotted by
BugEric

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 10, 2014

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