5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp vs Onca

Cerceris quinquefasciata compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

• 5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp is Least Concern while Onca is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp	Onca
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (inseto)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Crabronidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Cerceris	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Cerceris quinquefasciata	Panthera onca

Evolutionary Relationship

5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp and Onca share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp

LC — Least Concern

Onca

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp	Onca
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Onca

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp

The 5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris quinquefasciata) is a species in the genus Cerceris. 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.

Onca

O maior felino das Américas, atingindo até 100 kg com corpo robusto e musculoso e pelagem com padrão de rosetas característico. Encontrado do México até a América do Sul, com populações mais expressivas na Amazônia e no Pantanal. Nadadores poderosos e predadores de topo, os jaguares desempenham papel fundamental na regulação das populações de presas. Classificado como Quase Ameaçado, com sua área de ocorrência diminuindo devido ao desmatamento.