Great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)
Photograph by Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Great black wasp | Sphex pensylvanicus photo

Great Black Wasp Location: Dodge Center, Minnesota, USA
Photograph by Dennis Fernkes - Edina, Minnesota, USA. License: Public Domain. (view image details)

GREAT BLACK WASP FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Sphex
Species:	pensylvanicus
Common Name:	Great black wasp

Relatives in same Genus
Great golden digger wasp (S. ichneumoneus)
Mud-daubers (S. jamaicensis)

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