Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

Sand or digger wasp (Crabronidae or Sphecidae) species

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23 species

Ammophila sp. (genus) (Sand wasp)

Ammophilinae (subfamily) (Sand wasp)

Ampulicidae (family) (Cockroach Wasp)

Ampulicidae (family)
Ampulicidae (family)
Ampulicidae (family)
Ampulicidae (family)
Ampulicidae (family)
Ampulicidae (family)

Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp)

Bembecinus sp. (genus)
Bembecinus sp. (genus)
Bembecinus sp. (genus)
Bembecinus sp. (genus)
Bembecinus sp. (genus)
Bembecinus sp. (genus)

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp)

Bembix sp. (genus)
Bembix sp. (genus)
Bembix sp. (genus)
Bembix sp. (genus)
Bembix sp. (genus)
Bembix sp. (genus)

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp)

Cerceris sp. (genus)
Cerceris sp. (genus)
Cerceris sp. (genus)
Cerceris sp. (genus)
Cerceris sp. (genus)
Cerceris sp. (genus)

Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp)

Crabronidae (family)
Crabronidae (family)
Crabronidae (family)
Crabronidae (family)
Crabronidae (family)
Crabronidae (family)

Crabroninae (subfamily) (Unidentified solitary wasp)

Crabroninae (subfamily)
Crabroninae (subfamily)
Crabroninae (subfamily)
Crabroninae (subfamily)
Crabroninae (subfamily)
Crabroninae (subfamily)

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp)

Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)

Pison rufipes (A spider wasp)

Pison rufipes
Pison rufipes
Pison rufipes
Pison rufipes

Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp)

Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)

Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp)

Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei

Prionyx sp. (genus) (Giant Thread-waisted Wasp)

Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)

Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber)

Sceliphron formosum
Sceliphron formosum
Sceliphron formosum
Sceliphron formosum
Sceliphron formosum
Sceliphron formosum

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp)

Sceliphron laetum
Sceliphron laetum
Sceliphron laetum
Sceliphron laetum
Sceliphron laetum
Sceliphron laetum

Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum) (Sceliphron mud dauber wasp)

Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum)

Sericophorus sp. (genus) (Sand wasp)

Sericophorus sp. (genus)
Sericophorus sp. (genus)
Sericophorus sp. (genus)
Sericophorus sp. (genus)
Sericophorus sp. (genus)
Sericophorus sp. (genus)

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) (Unidentified sand wasp)

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)

Sphecinae sp. (subfamily) (Unidentified Sand or Digger wasp)

Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)
Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)
Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)
Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)
Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)
Sphecinae sp. (subfamily)

Sphex cognata (Black Digger Wasp)

Sphex cognata
Sphex cognata

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  • Local native (change?)
    * designates formal legal status
  • Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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