Oxybelus emarginatus

Oxybelus emarginatus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Crabronidae

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Oxybelus emarginatus
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Oxybelus emarginatus is a wasp species that occurs in North America. Its habitat and native range are both listed as North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

This species is recorded from North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North American environments.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, California, Illinois, Maryland, Arizona, New York, Massachusetts, Texas.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Oxybelus emarginatus photo 2
Photo: Healthy Yards, CC BY

Same family (Crabronidae)

Eastern Cicada-killer WaspEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingOrgan-pipe Mud-dauber WaspOrgan-pipe Mud-dauber WaspTrypoxylon politumCan stingAmerican Sand WaspAmerican Sand WaspBembix americanaEuropean beewolfEuropean beewolfPhilanthus triangulumHump-backed BeewolfHump-backed BeewolfPhilanthus gibbosusCan stingOrnate-tailed Digger WaspOrnate-tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxybelus_emarginatus

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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