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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 - Sphex pensylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 5, 2008
Size: ~23-24mm
I think this might be a spider wasp.

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Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus - female Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus - female
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 8 September, 2008 - 10:12am
Last updated 23 September, 2019 - 9:09pm

Female
10 flagellomeres = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 13 February, 2016 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… Ilona L., 9 September, 2008 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ilona L., 8 September, 2008 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Not spider wasp.
This is a sphecid wasp, identified by the obvious pronotal "collar" that spider wasps lack. Not sure what genus this is, but an accurate, relative indication of size would help. Great images in any event.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 September, 2008 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
This wasp was just slightly s
This wasp was just slightly smaller than the Great Black Wasp(Sphex pensylvanicus)which was nearby on another plant.
… Ilona L., 8 September, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphex pensylvanicus (WI)
Should be that exact same species.
… Matthias Buck, 9 September, 2008 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

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