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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
32 photos
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Easily confused with
Sphex dorsalis
Golden Digger WaspSphex funerarius
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementarium
Sphex nudus
Northern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatus
Eastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosus
Golden-reined Digger WaspSphex habenus
Elegant Grass-carrying WaspIsodontia elegans
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 25,151 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4,418 |
| Ontario | 3,772 |
| Washington | 2,211 |
| Massachusetts | 1,894 |
| Texas | 1,890 |
| California | 1,699 |
| New York | 1,448 |
| Ohio | 1,332 |
| Illinois | 1,151 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Practical
- StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Thread-waisted Wasps · Sphecidae |
| Genus | Sphex |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Great Golden Digger Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.