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Wasp, common name applied to most species of hymenopteran insects, except bees and ants. Insects known as wasps include the sawflies, the parasitic wasps, and the stinging wasps, which are the best known. About 75,000 species of wasps are known, most of them parasitic.
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Other members of the Sphecid family include the Thread-waisted wasp, the Eastern Sand; Wasp, the Purplish-blue Cricket Hunter, the Florida Hunting Wasp, and the Great Golden; Digger Wasp. These other members will be dealt with in more detail, in future additions to these web pages.
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Sphecidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sphecidae (Latreille, 1802) is a cosmopolitan family of wasps that include digger wasps, mud daubers and other familiar types that all fall under the category of thread-waisted wasps . Both of the ...
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Identification, Images, & Information; For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin; For the United States & Canada; ... Register · Log In ... Sphecid Wasp - Microbembex monodonta - male...
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Some sphecids, often called "mud-daubers," make mud nests for their larvae which they attach to the sides of rocks and buildings. The Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecius specious) is also a type of Sphecid wasp. At 1 1/2," cicada killers are the largest wasps found in Kentucky.
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Sphecid Wasp - Isodontia elegans; Order Hymenoptera / Suborder Apocrita / Superfamily Sphecoidea / Family Sphecidae -- cicadakillers, mud daubers; Live adult wasps photographed in the wild at Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
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Sphecid Wasps - Ammophila sp. Order Hymenoptera / Suborder Apocrita -- Superfamily Sphecoidea -- sphecoid wasps / Family Sphecidae -- cicadakillers, mud daubers, sand wasps, sphecid wasps ; Live adult male and female wasps photographed at Winfield ... Thread-waisted Sphecid wasp in sleeping posture, Ammophila procera...
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MUD DAUBER; Common names: Mud Dauber, Sphecid Wasp, Thread-Waisted Wasp; Scientific name: Order Hymenoptera, family Sphecidae, many species; Size: 1" to 1 1/2" ... Biology and life cycle: Adult female wasps paralyze insects and other wasp prey by stinging. They then lay an egg on them and store them in a cell of the mud...
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