Details for Record 542562

Species: No Common Name (Symmorphus sp.) (Species ID: 17809) - View Species | Quad Details   

Date: 5/17/2015

Quad: Kent Island (38076_H3)

County: Queen Anne's

Records: 28 total records, 2 for Queen Anne's Co., 2 for Kent Island Quad

Observer: Lori Byrne

Specimen: No

Publication: No

Processed by: Mark Etheridge


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Symmorphus species nests in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/17/2015). Determined by Matthias Buck/BugGuide. Per Matthias Buck, "Interesting images! This species does not construct mud tubes. What's happening here is likely that these females are reutilizing empty mud nests of another species. This behaviour occurs regularly in some potter wasps (e.g., certain Ancistrocerus) but I am not sure it was known for species of Symmorphus." Photo by Lori Byrne.