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Welcome to Genus Pachodynerus!

Pachodynerus - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hymenoptera > Suborder Apocrita > Infraorder Aculeata > Superfamily Vespoidea > Family Vespidae > Subfamily Eumeninae > Genus Pachodynerus

(From Wikipedia) Pachodynerus is a fairly large neotropical and nearctic genus of potter wasps with higher diversity in central South America.

FACT: Despite ruthlessly hunting down prey to feed to their larva when they hatch, adult potter wasps feed on flower nectar!

Currently discovered: 1/~50 Species

Species

  1. Pachodynerus erynnis - Red-Marked Pachodynerus Wasp