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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2014 Blogs >> FWG Blog: August 2014 > Great black digger wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)
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01-AUG-2014 Christine Hanrahan

Great black digger wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Right now these very large wasps with their beautiful iridescent wings are common around flowers. This one is on swamp milkweed. These wasps capture large grasshoppers almost exclusively, which they paralyze and leave in their nests for their larvae to feed on.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
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Ton T.03-Aug-2014 20:23
Wow great image Christine! V+
Martin Lamoon03-Aug-2014 18:58
Not the friendliest of wasps!
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Ceya03-Aug-2014 12:43
Amazing colors and details! Interesting information. V
joseantonio03-Aug-2014 04:03
Excellent details. Looks enormous.V
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet03-Aug-2014 01:33
Splendid macro.
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