Bembix sp. Bembix sp. Fabricius, 1775    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Crabronidae   >   Genus Bembix   

Status:

BugGuide cites 21 species in North America. Found throughout the continent during the summer.

Relationships:

"Females provision their nest with flies which the larvae feed on (a single developing larva may eat more than twenty flies)" (BugGuide, 2018).

There are 3 records in the project database.

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Bembix species in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/20/2020). (c) jferris11, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jferris11 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Bembix species in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/30/2018). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)


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