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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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Id help needed - wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus
Copyright © 2013 Henry Burton

Id help needed - wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
September 18, 2013
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Contributed by Henry Burton on 19 September, 2013 - 10:58pm
Last updated 21 September, 2013 - 3:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 21 September, 2013 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Trypoxylon politum
....my guess anyway judging by the more squarish head on it. The wing shape and pattern though and the fact that it is on a flower which the Sphex pensyvanicus are known to frequent I could be persuaded to change that guess. I'll do more research on the two and see if I can narrow down anymore defining traits to confirm either one or the other.
… Robert Kelly, 19 September, 2013 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

 
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… John S. Ascher, 21 September, 2013 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Sphex pensylvanicus ♀
would be my guess
… twiztedminds, 19 September, 2013 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

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