Mellinus arvensis

Mellinus arvensis
Mellinus arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Mellinus
Species: M. arvensis
Binomial name
Mellinus arvensis
Linnaeus, 1758

Mellinus arvensis (field digger wasp) is a species of wasp. The wasp can commonly be found from July to late September or October in sandy places. The female is larger than the male.[1] The wasps' nests are underground in sandy burrows with flies for their offspring to eat. The species is yellow and black like all wasp species, but they have a more narrow waist.[2]

References

  1. ^ Multiple authors (1979). The Oxford Book of Insects. Oxford, South East England: Oxford University Press. pp. 156. ISBN 0-19-910005-5. 
  2. ^ "Field Digger Wasp". Wild About Britain. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/field-digger-wasp. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
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