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title: "Hump-backed Beewolf"
description: "Philanthus gibbosus — Insetos e aranhas. Philanthus gibbosus, the hump-backed beewolf, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread beewolf in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hump-backed-beewolf
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hump-backed Beewolf

> Philanthus gibbosus — Insetos e aranhas. Philanthus gibbosus, the hump-backed beewolf, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread beewolf in North America.

- Scientific name: *Philanthus gibbosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11813
- Wikidata: [Q7182937](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7182937)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133268](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133268)

## Names

- en: Hump-backed Beewolf

## Countries with the most observations

US (8523), CA (1715), MX (97)

## Summary

Philanthus gibbosus, the hump-backed beewolf, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread beewolf in North America. P. gibbosus is of the order Hymenoptera and the genus Philanthus. It is native to the Midwestern United States and the western Appalachians. P. gibbosus are often observed to visit flowers and other plants in search of insect prey to feed their young. The prey that P. gibbosus catches is then coated in a layer of pollen and fed to the young wasps.

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

## Photo

![Hump-backed Beewolf](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hump-backed-beewolf/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dan Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175830722

## Machine access

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