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  2. Sphex - Wikipedia

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    Wasps of the genus Sphex (commonly known as digger wasps) are cosmopolitan predators that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae ( sensu lato ), though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae . [ 1 ]

  3. Digger wasp - Wikipedia

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    The common name digger wasp is a broad term which may refer to any member of the parasitoidal wasp families: Crabronidae , including Bembix sand wasps and Philanthus beewolves Sphecidae , including Ammophila sand wasps and mud daubers

  4. Ammophila sabulosa - Wikipedia

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    Ammophila sabulosa, the red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the solitary hunting wasp family Sphecidae, also called digger wasps. [2] [3] Found across Eurasia, the parasitoid wasp is notable for the mass provisioning behaviour of the females, hunting caterpillars mainly on sunny days, paralysing them with a sting, and burying them in a burrow with a single egg.

  5. Sphex ichneumoneus - Wikipedia

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    Sphex ichneumoneus, known commonly as the great golden digger wasp or great golden sand digger is a wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is identified by the golden pubescence on its head and thorax, [ 2 ] its reddish orange legs, and partly reddish orange body. [ 3 ]

  6. Sphex pensylvanicus - Wikipedia

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    Sphex pensylvanicus is a large, black wasp, significantly larger than their congener Sphex ichneumoneus (the great golden digger wasp). [6] Males are smaller than females, at only 19–28 mm (0.7–1.1 in) long compared with typical female sizes of 25–34 mm (1.0–1.3 in). [2]

  7. Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia

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    Sphecius speciosus, the eastern cicada-killer wasp, [1] is a large, solitary digger wasp species in the family Bembicidae. [2] They are so named because they hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them.

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