Blackboard Tree vs Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp

Alstonia scholaris compared with Oxybelus mandibularis

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp
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	Crabronidae
Genus	Alstonia	Oxybelus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Oxybelus mandibularis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp
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.

Pale Jawed Spiny Digger Wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.