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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Sphex » Sphex nudus
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Black Burrowing Hymenoptera with Orange Legs - Sphex nudus - female
Copyright © 2010 Necturus

Black Burrowing Hymenoptera with Orange Legs - Sphex nudus - Female
Emminence, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
August 1, 2009
Watched the insect dig sand out of this borrow for about 10 minutes.
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Contributed by Necturus on 22 November, 2010 - 1:34am
Last updated 23 February, 2011 - 10:00pm

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 23 February, 2011 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

At first i thought podium luc
At first i thought podium luctuosum, but no, he is right, it is a sphex nudus. You can faintly see the distinctive sphex thoracial pattern that all members of the genus sphex have.
… Ammophila procera, 28 January, 2011 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Image cropped for placement in Guide.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 December, 2010 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of
the Katydid Wasp (Sphex nudus):



Let's see if anyone else agrees.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 November, 2010 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

 
I believe you are right, look
I believe you are right, looking at all the other photos including the same burrowing behavior and even a very similar looking cover for the burrow.
… Necturus, 22 November, 2010 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

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