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Jamaican Digger Wasp (Sphex jamaicensis)
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Copyright © 2016
Lara Berkley
burrowing wasp -
Sphex jamaicensis
Sanibel Ding Darling, Lee County, Florida, USA
July 5, 2016
Size: ~24 mm
burrow to lower left. there were ~15 of these digging about 5" apart from each other. thanks!
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Contributed by
Lara Berkley
on 19 July, 2016 - 3:30pm
Last updated 23 July, 2016 - 5:53am
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John S. Ascher
, 23 July, 2016 - 5:53am
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Sphex jamaicensis
This is a Florida-range special. (widespread in the Caribbean) Your's is probably a female.
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Bob Biagi
, 19 July, 2016 - 4:09pm
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