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Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - male
Copyright © 2014 Fitz O.Clarke, Jr.

Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - Male
Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
September 17, 2014
This black wasp of the Sphecidae family was feeding upon Appalachian Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum) of the Lamiaceae family. I believe it is Sphex pensylvanicus- (Great Black Wasp)

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Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - male Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - male Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - male Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps, ID please - Sphex pensylvanicus - male
Contributed by Fitz O.Clarke, Jr. on 19 September, 2014 - 1:16pm
Last updated 30 March, 2017 - 3:44pm

Male
Nice shots! -- 11 flagellomeres and 7 abdominal segments = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 26 August, 2016 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 20 September, 2014 - 7:11am

 
Dr. John- thank you for havin
Dr. John- thank you for having vetted my submission and having identified it as "Sphex pensylvanicus".
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 20 September, 2014 - 9:07am

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