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Wild Florida Photo - Family: Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps

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Sphecidae

Thread-waisted Wasps


Chlorion aerarium
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp
dorsal view, showing folded wings, thorax, eye and antenna
Some sources place cicada-killers (Sphecius genus) in this family. Others classify Sphecius species as members of the Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasps, Cicadakillers, Sand Wasps, Mud Daubers) family.
Members of the Sphecidae family at Wild Florida Photo:
Chlorion - blue digger wasps

1 species of Chlorion at Wild Florida Photo

Chlorion aerarium
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp
side view from above
Sphex
1 species of Sphex at Wild Florida Photo

Sphex ichneumoneus
Great Golden Digger Wasp
crawling out of nest
Click on the genus name to see the species of that genus at Wild Florida Photo

Sphecidae is a member of the Order Hymenoptera - ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

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