Butterfly-leaf vs Field Digger Wasp

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Mellinus arvensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	Field Digger Wasp
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Fabaceae	Crabronidae
Genus	Adenolobus	Mellinus
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Mellinus arvensis

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Field Digger Wasp

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	Field Digger Wasp
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

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

Field Digger Wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.