Ceropales bipunctata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Pompilidae
- Genus
- Ceropales
- Species
- Ceropales bipunctata
- Scientific Name
- Ceropales bipunctata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ceropales bipunctata
Ceropales bipunctata is a species of diurnal, kleptoparasitic spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. It is an obligate kleptoparasite, meaning that it must rely on the captured provisions of other spider wasps and cannot capture its own. It is found on the Atlantic Coast of North America, north to New Brunswick, Canada. It feeds on nectar primarily from goldenrods (especially Canada goldenrod), and also other common nectaring plants. It is known to lay an egg on the prey of other pompilids, including the two species Anoplius cleora and Anoplius aethiops. Eggs are laid in the book lung of the spider. These wasps also sometimes lay an egg on prey from spider-hunting wasps in the family Sphecidae.
...Ceropales bipunctata in languages:
- English
- Two-Speckled Cuckoo Spider Wasp
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ceropales albicincta
- Ceropales bipartita
- Ceropales bipunctata
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- Ceropales femoralis
- Ceropales hatoda
- Ceropales helvetica
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- Ceropales karooensis
- Ceropales kriechbaumeri
- Ceropales latifasciatus
- Ceropales lawrencei
- Ceropales longipes
- Ceropales maculata
- Ceropales neomexicana
- Ceropales nigripes
- Ceropales picta
- Ceropales pictus
- Ceropales punctulatus
- Ceropales robinsonii
- Ceropales rugata
- Ceropales scobiniferus
- Ceropales spinosus
- Ceropales taschenbergi
- Ceropales variegata















































































































