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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Photo#963045
Copyright © 2014
Lynn Monroe
Wasp on Canadian Thistle -
Sphex ichneumoneus
6 miles NW Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
August 16, 1996
Size: BL ~ 21.5 mm
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Contributed by
Lynn Monroe
on 23 July, 2014 - 12:51pm
Last updated 11 May, 2020 - 11:28am
Moved
Moved from
dorsalis or ichneumoneus
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Matthias Buck
, 29 November, 2016 - 6:18pm
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Moved
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Sphex
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John S. Ascher
, 30 August, 2014 - 8:04am
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Sphex dorsalis or ichneumoneus
It's exciting and very helpful to get this colorful Sphex down to one of two species. Thank you so much, Dr. Ascher.
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Lynn Monroe
, 30 August, 2014 - 10:03am
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 23 July, 2014 - 4:41pm
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Sphex
Thanks so much for placing this handsome sphecid wasp in a genus. And thanks for your linkage information. I've copied it down for future reference.
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Lynn Monroe
, 23 July, 2014 - 5:13pm
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