Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Solitary wasp

Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer)


Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Size range

  • Length about 10 mm

Distribution

  • Accidentally introduced to New Zealand

Life History

  • Solitary
  • The female adult collects caterpillars to supply the nest cell of the larvae
  • Eats nectar and honeydew from aphids