4-Spotted Digger Wasp vs Alectryon

Crossocerus quadrimaculatus compared with Alectryon tropicus

Key Differences

• 4-Spotted Digger Wasp is Least Concern while Alectryon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	4-Spotted Digger Wasp	Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Crabronidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Crossocerus	Alectryon
Species	Crossocerus quadrimaculatus	Alectryon tropicus

Conservation Status

4-Spotted Digger Wasp

LC — Least Concern

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	4-Spotted Digger Wasp	Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

4-Spotted Digger Wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

4-Spotted Digger Wasp

The 4-Spotted Digger Wasp (Crossocerus quadrimaculatus) is a species in the genus Crossocerus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, inhabiting diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.