Black-throated Mango vs Common Spiny Digger Wasp

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Oxybelus uniglumis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Trochilidae	Crabronidae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Oxybelus
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Oxybelus uniglumis

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-throated Mango and Common Spiny Digger Wasp share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Common Spiny Digger Wasp

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Common Spiny Digger Wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Black-throated Mango

A large, striking hummingbird of tropical forests from southern Mexico to Argentina, black-throated mangos have dramatic sexual dimorphism — males display glittering black throat and breast with violet and green flanks and a bold purple tail, while females are white below with a central black stripe. Inhabiting forest edges, clearings, and gardens, they aggressively defend flowering trees. Males perform spectacular aerial display flights at treetop height. Listed as Least Concern across their broad neotropical range.

Common Spiny Digger Wasp

<em>Oxybelus uniglumis</em>, commonly known as the common spiny digger wasp, is a small solitary wasp in the family Crabronidae, widespread across Europe, North Africa, and parts of western Asia. This species typically inhabits sunny, open areas with sandy or loose soil, including sand dunes, sandy heathlands, path edges, and sparsely vegetated ground where females excavate burrows for nesting. Its geographic range extends from the British Isles and Scandinavia across continental Europe to the Mediterranean, with additional populations recorded across North Africa and into central Asia. Classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, <em>Oxybelus uniglumis</em> is among the more commonly encountered digger wasps in European sandy habitats. The species is a specialised predator of flies, particularly small dipterans from families such as Muscidae and Calliphoridae, which are paralysed and carried back to the burrow impaled on the female's sting to provision larval cells. This behaviour of impaling prey on the sting for transport is a distinctive characteristic of the genus Oxybelus. Biological traits such as average lifespan in years, precise body length measurements, and body weight remain poorly documented for this species. Adults are typically active from late spring through late summer.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway