Sphecidae
Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ammophila sabulosa is a large distinctive solitary hunting wasp widely distributed across Eurasia.
Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843
Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843
Ammophila procera is a common North and Central American thread-waisted wasp that nests in sandy soil and provisions nests with paralyzed caterpillars.
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852
Ammophila aberti is a thread-waisted wasp species found in open semi-arid areas of western and central North America.
Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 1869
Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 1869
Ammophila pictipennis is a thread-waisted wasp species from the Sphecidae family found in eastern North America.
Eremnophila aureonotata (Cameron, 1888)
Eremnophila aureonotata (Cameron, 1888)
Eremnophila aureonotata, the gold-marked thread-waisted wasp, is a North and South American wasp species in family Sphecidae.
Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763)
Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763)
Podalonia hirsuta is a digger wasp species found across most of Europe, found mainly in coastal sandy habitats.
Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841)
Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841)
Podalonia tydei, or Tyde's sand wasp, is a Sphecidae wasp found across several regions in sandy habitats.
Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus, 1763
Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus, 1763
Sphex pensylvanicus, the great black wasp, is a large North American digger wasp that nests underground and provisions larvae with paralyzed orthoptera.
Sphex ichneumoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphex ichneumoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphex ichneumoneus, the great golden digger wasp, is a Western Hemisphere sphecid wasp known for its characteristic fixed digging behavior.
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
Sphex dorsalis is a thread-waisted wasp species found across the Americas, averaging around 19 mm in length.
Sphex nudus Fernald, 1903
Sphex nudus Fernald, 1903
Sphex nudus is a thread-waisted wasp in Sphecidae found across the eastern United States.
Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
Sphex jamaicensis is a thread-waisted wasp species found in parts of the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex funerarius is a large solitary ground-nesting digger wasp found from central and southern Europe to Central Asia.
Sphex lucae de Saussure, 1867
Sphex lucae de Saussure, 1867
Sphex lucae is a thread-waisted wasp species from North America, known for its propensity for communal plant roosting.
Isodontia auripes (Fernald, 1906)
Isodontia auripes (Fernald, 1906)
Isodontia auripes, the brown-legged grass-carrier, is a thread-waisted wasp found on the US east coast.
Isodontia mexicana (de Saussure, 1867)
Isodontia mexicana (de Saussure, 1867)
Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a North American wasp now established in Europe that carries paralyzed prey to feed its larvae.
Isodontia elegans (F.Smith, 1856)
Isodontia elegans (F.Smith, 1856)
Isodontia elegans, the elegant grass-carrying wasp, is a solitary North American thread-waisted wasp that hunts orthopterans.
Prionyx canadensis (Provancher, 1887)
Prionyx canadensis (Provancher, 1887)
Prionyx canadensis is a thread-waisted wasp species in the family Sphecidae, identifiable by the lack of silvery thoracic hairs on females.
Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1773)
Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1773)
Sceliphron caementarium is a wasp species with distinct physical traits, native to the Americas and introduced to other regions worldwide.
Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sceliphron spirifex is a medium-sized sphecid wasp found across Africa and Southern Europe that builds mud nests provisioned with spiders.
Sceliphron laetum (F.Smith, 1856)
Sceliphron laetum (F.Smith, 1856)
Sceliphron laetum is a black and yellow mud-dauber wasp native to Australia and parts of Southeast Asia that preys on orb-weaving spiders.
Sceliphron curvatum (F.Smith, 1870)
Sceliphron curvatum (F.Smith, 1870)
Sceliphron curvatum is a mud-dauber wasp originally from South/Central Asia that has spread to Europe and North America.
Sceliphron asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sceliphron asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sceliphron asiaticum is a mud-nesting wasp species that provisions larvae with spiders and is commonly parasitized by Melittobia asiaticum.
Sceliphron deforme (F.Smith, 1856)
Sceliphron deforme (F.Smith, 1856)
Sceliphron deforme is a European thread-waisted wasp species in the family Sphecidae with Hodges number 8801.
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