Species Account for Crabro peltarius
Crabro peltarius (Schreber, 1784)
a digger wasp
Aculeata: Crabronidae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Endangered
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Essex Red Data List comment
New to Essex in 2003
Species text
This is a large black and yellow solitary wasp nesting in dry soil and preying on Diptera including Therevidae, Stratiomyidae, Empididae and Muscidae. It is widely distributed north to Sutherland, but without any previous records for Essex (Harvey & Plant 1996). Despite relatively comprehensive fieldwork in the South Essex region the first records for Essex were made at Springfields Sand Pit (Orsett Camp Quarry) in 2003. References
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