Crassocerus annulipes - Crossocerus annulipes
A small, all-black wasp with partially tinted wings.
Specimens need to be keyed and can't be identified from a field photograph.
June - September
Breeding occurs in dead deciduous and coniferous wood. Adults feed mainly on hemipteran bugs.
Reasonably common and widespread.
Uncommon or under-recorded.
David Nicholls
Ratby, Ivanhoe Trail (Station Rd)
16 August 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby, Ivanhoe Trail (Station Rd)
16 August 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby, Ivanhoe Trail (Station Rd)
16 August 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby, Ivanhoe Trail (Station Rd)
16 August 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bees, Wasps, Ants
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Crabronidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 16/08/2024 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/08/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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