Species Account for Harpactus tumidus
Harpactus tumidus (Panzer, 1806)
a digger wasp
Aculeata: Crabronidae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Harpactus (Gorytes) tumidus is a mainly southern solitary wasp species, nowhere common. In Essex most records are in the East Thames Corridor where it is found on sparsely vegetated ground in sandy places. It preys on cicadellid and cercopid hoppers such as Philaenus and Aphrodes species. Adults visit flowers such as Carrot Daucus carota and Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa (Edwards & Telfer, 2001). It is host to the Nationally Scarce cleptoparasite Nysson dimidiatus. References
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