Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus, 1763

Great Black Digger Wasp

Synonyms: Chlorion pensylvanicum, Ammobia pensylvanica

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

Family: Sphecidae

Genus: Sphex

Species: Sphex pensylvanicus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Sphex pensylvanicus