#3660 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Great Black Digger Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Larry Clarfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Christian Back · CC BY 4.0
3. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Filipe J Ribeiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © jeffcherry · CC0
6. © dickwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Beausoleil, NB, Canada:© Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Falcon Heights, MN, USA:© Lily Fulton · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Quartier 4-6, Québec, QC, Canada:© Christian Grenier · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 190 Bancroft Plz, Omaha, NE, US:© A. Rector · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sphex pensylvanicus is a species of digger wasp, commonly known as the great black wasp . 4 in). The larvae feed on living insects that the females paralyze and carry to the underground nest.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,125iNaturalist observations

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).