Blackboard Tree vs Mud Dauber

Alstonia scholaris compared with Sceliphron caementarium

Key Differences

Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Mud Dauber is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Mud Dauber
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sphecidae
Genus	Alstonia	Sceliphron
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Sceliphron caementarium

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Mud Dauber

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Mud Dauber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Mud Dauber

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), and North America (United States).

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.