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title: "Taszczyn pszczeli"
description: "Philanthus triangulum — Owady i pająki. The European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum), also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating philanthus (from the now obsolete synonym Philanthus apivorus), is a solitary wasp that lives in the Western Palearctic and Afrotropics."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/european-beewolf
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taszczyn pszczeli

> Philanthus triangulum — Owady i pająki. The European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum), also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating philanthus (from the now obsolete synonym Philanthus apivorus), is a solitary wasp that lives in the Western Palearctic and Afrotropics.

- Scientific name: *Philanthus triangulum*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12523
- Wikidata: [Q301297](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301297)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143529](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143529)

## Names

- en: European beewolf
- de: Bienenwolf
- es: Avispa lobo
- fr: Philanthe apivore
- nl: Bijenwolf
- pl: Taszczyn pszczeli

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2876), ES (1085), GB (1031), PL (548), DK (518), FR (503), NL (349), RU (271), ZA (270), AT (243), UA (217), IT (201)

## Summary

The European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum), also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating philanthus (from the now obsolete synonym Philanthus apivorus), is a solitary wasp that lives in the Western Palearctic and Afrotropics. Although the adults of the species are herbivores (feeding on nectar and pollen), the species derives its name from the behaviour of the inseminated females, who hunt western honey bees. The female places several of its paralysed prey together with an egg in a small underground chamber, to serve as food for the wasp larvae. All members of the genus Philanthus hunt various species of…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_beewolf

## Photo

![Taszczyn pszczeli](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-beewolf/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113001551

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-beewolf?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).