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Thread-waisted Wasp, Sphex sp, female - Sphex lucae - female
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Thread-waisted Wasp, Sphex sp, female - Sphex lucae - Female
Stevens Creek County Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 27, 2009
Size: ~30 mm
A female Thread-waisted Wasp of family Sphecidae has just buried a paralyzed katydid and is about to seal her burrow.

Sphex lucae?

The linked image shows the same individual arriving with the victim.

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Thread-waisted Wasp, Sphex sp, female - Sphex lucae - female Thread-waisted Wasp, Sphex sp, female - Sphex lucae - female
Contributed by iNaturalist on 3 July, 2009 - 5:01pm
Last updated 20 July, 2009 - 10:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 20 July, 2009 - 10:59pm

Sphex lucae
female
… John S. Ascher, 3 July, 2009 - 5:16pm

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