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Great Black Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus - male
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Bergen

Great Black Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus - Male
Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County, New York, USA
July 17, 2008
The live wasp wings had more of a blue sheen which is diminished in the photo.
I think that the white markings behind the eyes may be real rather then reflections, they show in both images.
Found on a tall Onion plant of some sort in the vegetable garden, a fast moving wasp.

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 1 February, 2009 - 1:35pm
Last updated 23 April, 2009 - 7:51pm

Sphecidae.
Looks like a male (slender build, really long antennae) of Sphex pennsylvanica, the "great black wasp." Common species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 February, 2009 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you Eric, ID help always much appreciated.
… Lynn Bergen, 1 February, 2009 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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