#3569 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Golden Digger Wasp
🇳🇱 Sabelsprinkhanendoder ·Sphex funerarius
🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Borssele, Netherlands
📍 Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands
📍 Breda, Ambachtenlaan, 4813 HA Breda, Nederland
📍 1797 SJ Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Groeneweg, Bergen (NH), Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sylvester Kociniak · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Borssele, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands:© Tia l'Amie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Breda, Ambachtenlaan, 4813 HA Breda, Nederland:© basgeerts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 1797 SJ Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Groeneweg, Bergen (NH), Noord-Holland, NL:© wishauptr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Netherlands:© tt2019 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Sphex funerarius , the golden digger wasp , is a species of digger wasp belonging to the family Sphecidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 62 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,077 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Vsevolod Gussakovskij in 1934 (92 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Golden Digger Wasp
- Nederlands
- Sabelsprinkhanendoder
- scientific name
- Sphex funerarius
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Sphecidae
- sightings in NL
- 62
- sightings in Europe
- 3,255
- sightings worldwide
- 6,077
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,502
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1934 by Vsevolod Gussakovskij
relatives· Sphecidae
#3591 📷 10Red-belted Sand Wasp
🇳🇱 Grote rupsendoder
Ammophila sabulosa
👀 37 in NL
#3616 📷 10Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp
🇳🇱 Mexicaanse zwartsteel
Isodontia mexicana
👀 27 in NL
#3619 📷 8Asian Mud-dauber Wasp
🇳🇱 Roodpootzwaluwwesp
Sceliphron curvatum
👀 19 in NL
#3625 📷 7Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
🇳🇱 Zwartsteelzwaluwwesp
Sceliphron caementarium
👀 2 in NL
#3654 📷 10Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
🌍 35.9k seen
#3660 📷 10Great Black Digger Wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
🌍 27.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466438, Wikidata Q505265, GBIF 1347677, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.