Brachygastra scutellaris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Brachygastra
- Species
- Brachygastra scutellaris
- Scientific Name
- Brachygastra scutellaris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Brachygastra scutellaris
Brachygastra scutellaris, a honey wasp, is a Neotropical, swarm-founding species that is found in South America and has a medium-sized population of 100–1000 individuals per colony. It stores large amounts of nectar in its nest for the production of honey, and it was even found that at certain times of the year, the nectar is toxic to humans, as they will extract nectar from hallucinogenic plants, depending on the season.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Brachygastra albula
- Brachygastra augusti
- Brachygastra azteca
- Brachygastra baccalaurea
- Brachygastra bilineolata
- Brachygastra borellii
- Brachygastra buyssoni
- Brachygastra fistulosa
- Brachygastra lecheguana
- Brachygastra mellifica
- Brachygastra moebiana
- Brachygastra mouleae
- Brachygastra myersi
- Brachygastra propodealis
- Brachygastra scutellaris
- Brachygastra smithii














































