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Monobia quadridens
Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Florida native
This wasp can be found throughout Florida and also ranges through most of the eastern United States.
Mostly black, this wasp has a ivory colored band on the first abdominal segment. This ivory band has four slightly indented lobes, or the four teeth of the common name. There are also ivory markings on the 'shoulders' of the thorax and a thin band across near the rear of the thorax.
Monobia quadridens nests in wood borings and dirt banks, but also known to utilize abandoned nests of carpenter bees, mud daubers and ground bees.
Adults feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on caterpillars of various species.
Monobia quadridens is a member of the Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Hornets and some Wasps family.
For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Bugguide.net page for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 26, 2022
