Great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)

Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus en ) feeding on the nectar of the flowers of the Swamp Milkweed
Photograph by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). GNU Free Documentation License. (view image details)

GREAT GOLDEN DIGGER WASP FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Sphex
Species:	ichneumoneus
Common Name:	Great golden digger wasp

Relatives in same Genus
Mud-daubers (S. jamaicensis)
Great black wasp (S. pensylvanicus)

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