Brenda's Bug Collection - Sphecius

Hello Brenda -

It would be good to add the county (should be Athens County, unless there's another Amesville in Ohio).
Also, to resolve the confusion, could you separate images of the two different species? The brown
one looks like Sphecius grandis , which is odd considering you found it in Ohio. See the Holliday & Coelho key with photos here: Sphecius .
Have you consulted either Profs. Coelho or Holliday? If not, this web page contains both of their e-mail addresses: helpcicadaresearch.
Great to have these photos on bugguide!

… Hartmut Wisch, 30 January, 2008 - 5:27pm

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Thought it might be a Cicada Killer, but it looks a lot like a Vespa as well. Was it collected in Europe or Asia? We have only one Vespa in North America.

… Sean McCann, 14 July, 2007 - 5:16pm

Cicada Killer

It was collected in Ohio. I am pretty sure it was during the time they had a large infestation of Cicada. I have not keep trace of most of my bugs as far as when collected and where. I would collect as we traveled to teach my children about bugs.

… Brenda Tramel, 16 July, 2007 - 10:51pm

It IS a cicada killer.

Whoah, where did you collect this? It appears to be one of the western species, either S. grandis or S. convallis. I know of three people researching Sphecius right now who would like to know more about this specimen. Thank you.

… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2007 - 4:24pm

I do not exactly were it came

I do not exactly were it came from. I am pretty sure it came from Ohio.

… Brenda Tramel, 16 July, 2007 - 11:02pm

Shucks.

It is really critical that collectors keep track of where and when they collect specimens for exactly this reason. This red and yellow specimen is very strange, and resembles most closely species in the western U.S. I am going to send a researcher over to this site to view this image, and see what he says.

… Eric R. Eaton, 17 July, 2007 - 3:28pm

Ohio wasps

Do you have many wasps from Ohio?Pompilids in particular...I'm surveying the Ohio spider wasp fauna and any new records would be great.

… Nick Fensler, 14 July, 2007 - 7:32pm

Wasps

Hi Nick,

This wasp was collected a few years ago in Ohio. It was during the time that they had a large infestation of Cicadas. Others have said that it is a Cicada Killer (even though most of the pictures I have seen are not this color). I do not do much study other than collecting them to show my children and help others see different kinds of insects.

I have added a few more pictures. The last one is the one that I am sure is a Cicadas Killer. I think I got it in Texas.

… Brenda Tramel, 16 July, 2007 - 10:48pm

Odd Ohio specimen.

Dr. Charles ("Chuck") Holliday is very interested in the red specimen you have there. Can you please e-mail him directly: hollidacATlafayette.edu? Thank you.

… Eric R. Eaton, 18 July, 2007 - 5:28pm