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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) On Rhus copallinum flowers at a mixed forest edge.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/118308/great_golden_digger_wasp_sphex_ichneumoneus.html" title="Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/118308_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=N6Td53FkRhM93FdIOhFuzNIaqho%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) On Rhus copallinum flowers at a mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/118307/great_golden_digger_wasp_sphex_ichneumoneus.html Geotagged,Great golden digger wasp,Sphex ichneumoneus,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Great golden digger wasp,Sphex ichneumoneus,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)

On Rhus copallinum flowers at a mixed forest edge.

Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) On Rhus copallinum flowers at a mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/118307/great_golden_digger_wasp_sphex_ichneumoneus.html Geotagged,Great golden digger wasp,Sphex ichneumoneus,Summer,United States

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The Great golden digger wasp

''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, its reddish orange legs, and partly reddish orange body.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Jul 13, 2021. Captured Jul 12, 2021 11:50 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/22.0
  • 1/128s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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