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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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A cool wasp - Sphex nudus - male
Copyright © 2007 Bobby Grizzard

A cool wasp - Sphex nudus - Male
slightly south of Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA
August 12, 2007
Size: Decent
I am at a loss identifying this neat wasp. I have some poor quality shots that show more of the wings, which are black and somewhat transparent. I guess this is a solitary lady out on a mission, but I would like to know more.

Update -- Thanks to Richard Vernier, I now know it's a male.
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Contributed by Bobby Grizzard on 12 August, 2007 - 8:08pm
Last updated 13 August, 2007 - 9:02am

Looks like
Eremnophila aureonotata -- except for the coloring of the legs. In the ones I have in my yard, their legs are all black. So....not sure.
… Anne Burton, 12 August, 2007 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
The similarity at least got m
The similarity at least got me looking in the right section of the guide. Perhaps the Katydid Wasp?
… Bobby Grizzard, 12 August, 2007 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes - Sphex nudus
A superb close-up of a male's face. A female would have "tarsal combs" on the forelegs, and stronger mandibles.
… Richard Vernier, 13 August, 2007 - 2:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
For the confirmation and the compliment. I'll move the image.
… Bobby Grizzard, 13 August, 2007 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like it
to me! Haven't seen those (yet) in Maine.
… Anne Burton, 12 August, 2007 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
There's hardly any chance...
You'll ever see a Sphex nudus in Maine, despite so-called "global warming". That's a South-Eastern species whose Northernmost records are in Westerrn Virginia and Maryland.
… Richard Vernier, 13 August, 2007 - 2:28am login or register to post comments

 
and Ohio.
I found this species to be at least as common, if not moreso, as the great golden digger, S. ichneumoneus in Cincinnati. Females, by the way, have golden faces, the males silver as seen here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 August, 2007 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

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