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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 » Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)
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Wasp with pollen - Sphex pensylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2019 John Whittlesey

Wasp with pollen - Sphex pensylvanicus - Female
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
September 4, 2019
Size: 31-34mm
Pollen on head and top of thorax from nectaring on monarda
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Contributed by John Whittlesey on 5 September, 2019 - 8:46pm
Last updated 9 February, 2020 - 8:16pm

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Female
10 flagellomeres = ♀
Tarsal-rake spines on forelegs = ♀
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