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  2. Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia

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    Five female eastern cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus Adult eastern cicada wasps are large, 1.5 to 5.0 cm (0.6 to 2.0 in) long, robust wasps with hairy, reddish, and black areas on their thoraces (middle parts), and black to reddish brown abdominal (rear) segments that are marked with light yellow stripes.

  3. Portal:Insects/Selected article/10 - Wikipedia

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    Sphecius grandis, also called the western cicada killer, is a colony-forming species of wasp in the genus Sphecius (cicada killer wasps). It shares the same nesting biology as its congener the eastern cicada killer, S. speciosus. S. grandis, like all other species in the genus, mainly provides cicadas for their offspring.

  4. Neotibicen - Wikipedia

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    One of the more notable predators is the cicada killer, a large wasp that catches the dog-day cicada. After catching and stinging the insect to paralyze it, the cicada killer carries it back to its hole and drags it underground to a chamber where it lays its eggs in the paralyzed cicada.

  5. Cicadas won't be the only thing emerging in 2024. What to ...

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    Cicadas won't be the only insects emerging during the summer months. When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which ...

  6. Sphecius grandis - Wikipedia

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    Sphecius grandis, also called the western cicada killer, is a species of cicada killer wasp (Sphecius). The western species shares the same nesting biology as its fellow species, the eastern cicada killer (S. speciosus). S. grandis, like all other species of the genus Sphecius, mainly provides cicadas for its offspring.

  7. 'Double' the Amount of Cicadas Are Coming This Spring ... - AOL

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    Dog-day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) on a wooden fence. Get ready for a noisy summer: Double the normal amount of cicadas are predicted to emerge this year.

  8. Sphecius - Wikipedia

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    Cicada killer wasps (genus Sphecius) are large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasps. They are so named because they hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them, after stinging and paralyzing them. Twenty-one species worldwide are recognized. The highest diversity occurs in the region between North Africa and Central Asia.

  9. Search and destroy mission for yellow-legged hornet ... - AOL

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    The yellow-legged hornet is oftentimes confused with native insects like the cicada killer wasp, bald-faced hornet, northern giant hornet, paper wasp, queen, wood wasp, queen yellowjacket, and ...