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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 Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
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Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - male
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 2, 2005
My last post today! I am going to go join BHA (Bug Hunters Anonymous) A black and orange wasp.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 3 July, 2005 - 1:44pm
Last updated 10 April, 2017 - 6:21pm

Male
11 flagellomeres and 7 abdominal segments = ♂
The plant looks like Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata.
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BHA
Do you know if they have a chapter in Southeastern PA?
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