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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 » Sphex dorsalis
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S. ichnumoneus male? - Sphex dorsalis - female
Copyright © 2013 Efram Goldberg

S. ichnumoneus male? - Sphex dorsalis - Female
Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA
August 26, 2013
lack of front curved tarsi indicates male if this is a digger wasp, I believe.

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S. ichnumoneus male? - Sphex dorsalis - female S. ichnumoneus male? - Sphex dorsalis - female S. ichnumoneus male? - Sphex dorsalis - female
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Contributed by Efram Goldberg on 27 August, 2013 - 6:54pm
Last updated 10 April, 2017 - 6:09pm

Female
10 flagellomeres = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 10 April, 2017 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from dorsalis or ichneumoneus.
… Matthias Buck, 29 November, 2016 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphex.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2013 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

In FL I think there are other possibilities, too. I'll let the experts take it from here. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2013 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
other wasps
I know we have S. jamaicensis but those are further south and look different, I have photographed them before. Their abdomens are also all red, I figured this was the more common one, I can check my Sphecid Wasps of the World until an expert can help ID it further.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/687505
that's one of my S. jamaicensis
… Efram Goldberg, 27 August, 2013 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
What about dorsalis?
I'm thinking of this page. But perhaps dorsalis isn't found in FL? I don't know--but if you're certain of the ID after further research, you're free to move the images yourself. I tend to err on the side of caution. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2013 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Huh ...
"S."?
… William Donald Newton, 27 August, 2013 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphex
:)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2013 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanx.
:)
… William Donald Newton, 27 August, 2013 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

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