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''Sceliphron curvatum'', also known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus ''
''Sceliphron curvatum'' is long and is coloured black with yellow and red ornaments. It builds nests of mud on the walls of buildings, but also very often indoors on piles of books, clothes or pieces of furniture. Every nest is filled with paralyzed spiders, which serve as food for the larvae. Like all ''Sceliphron'' species, ''S. curvatum'' is not aggressive unless threatened.
Formerly, the species was distributed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan in submontaneous regions at the highest mountain ranges of the world: Himalayas, Species ''Sceliphron curvatum'' - Asian Mud-dauber Wasp
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Sceliphron
''Sceliphron'', also known as black mud daubers or black mud-dauber wasps, is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps. They are solitary mud daubers and build nests made of mud. Nests are frequently constructed in shaded niches, o ...
'' of the wasp family Sphecidae
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...
. Like all wasps of this genus, it is a solitary species and builds nests out of mud. ''S. curvatum'' is native to some regions of Asia and invasive to Europe.
Description
''Sceliphron curvatum'' is long and is coloured black with yellow and red ornaments. It builds nests of mud on the walls of buildings, but also very often indoors on piles of books, clothes or pieces of furniture. Every nest is filled with paralyzed spiders, which serve as food for the larvae. Like all ''Sceliphron'' species, ''S. curvatum'' is not aggressive unless threatened.
Distribution
Formerly, the species was distributed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan in submontaneous regions at the highest mountain ranges of the world: Himalayas, Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
and Pami. It was first recorded in Europe in 1979, when a female was collected near the village of Grätsch in southeastern Austria. It is assumed that ''S. curvatum'' was introduced to Europe as a result of human activity, but after that the species has been spreading throughout Europe on its own. ''S. curvatum'' has been quickly enlarging its range, forming mighty populations in anthropogenous localities (towns, villages) in southern and central Europe. Since 1979 the species has expanded to several other European countries: Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, France, Hungary, Germany, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, Ukraine, Portugal, Poland and Romania.
It has spread to North America. It was first reported in 2013, and it has spread to several states./ref>
References
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3411755 Sphecidae Hymenoptera of Asia Insects described in 1870