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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? - Sphex ichneumoneus
Copyright © 2009 sturdee

great golden digger? - Sphex ichneumoneus
Toronto, Tommy Thompson Park, Ontario, Canada
September 17, 2009
Size: approx 1 in
Went in and out of hole in sand. Google photos show difference in thorax colour, so want to make sure my id is correct. Thanks!
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Contributed by sturdee on 19 September, 2009 - 1:26pm
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

det is good
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… John S. Ascher, 19 September, 2009 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Your Id confirmation is much appreciated!
… sturdee, 20 September, 2009 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

looks like it to me
What's the green underneath it, prey? Here's one I found working on its burrow.

… Andrew Williams, 19 September, 2009 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Is green underneath it prey?
Good question. I did not see prey so think it is herbaceous material, but am not 100% sure. Thanks for your photo. Interesting.
… sturdee, 20 September, 2009 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

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