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Large gold-faced wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - male
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Large gold-faced wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - Male
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
August 14, 2011
Size: about 22mm
A pretty big wasp with an unusual head. You can't really see the gold face in the first view, but check out the others.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 14 August, 2011 - 10:23pm
Last updated 2 September, 2019 - 9:38am

Moved
Moved from dorsalis or ichneumoneus.
… Matthias Buck, 29 November, 2016 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphex.
… John S. Ascher, 1 November, 2011 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 15 September, 2011 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 September, 2011 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

Sphex ichneumoneus?
How about the Great Golden Digger Wasp?
… John Stanard, 15 August, 2011 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John, I think you are right!
Based on the images on the guide, and the large size. Also, this wasp provisions its cells with long-horned orthopterans which this area is crawling with. I don't think I will move them to the guide page since there are so many good images. I will let it slip off into Frass, unless someone sees something special that makes the images worth saving.

Just the same, the wasp is new to me, and I am very grateful for your identification of this large, flashy, interesting species!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 16 August, 2011 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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