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<blockquote data-quote="Marilynne" data-source="post: 743393" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p><span style="color: #1D2228">[FONT=&quot]<span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]<strong>From:</strong></span>[/FONT]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">David G. Cook</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Wildlife Biologist/Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Wildlife Diversity Conservation Section</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Division of Habitat and Species Conservation</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="color: #1D2228"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I concur that it looks very much like a digger wasp in the genus <em>Sphex</em>. Id oubt it’s <em>S. funerarius</em>, as you proposed, since that species is native to Europe and Asia. However, there are other <em>Sphex</em> species known from Florida to choose from. I can’t tell if the entire abdomen of the wasp you saw was red, or if starts red and ends in black. If all red, your choice might be limited to <em>Sphexhabenus</em> (</span><a href="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRZWVgsUXpW4zO0t22gpH17X5RcOHETljl-2BOlenbjZZlNg-3D-3Dpfgd_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWddIAAxPCwM9c-2BgXkWrBUYFfhsXimpAWtQKdplZLa6mqMXD8Jhw2LVDAvxEvR53AZo1oIF1JqDSnSM6kQ-2BUkR7k9TQvDuITyM0i3Z7jbg0F-2BnuA-2FO86oH-2FvNlDAZ2vhz6Cd8PXlr4acD8wNAO3RncH-2BaWJCRAej7O0wxCc-2FiKyVI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563C1"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">https://bugguide.net/node/view/31732/bgimage</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">). If red and black, your choices seem to include <em>S. ichneumoneus</em> (</span><a href="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRZhdLSieVySNK7UdIR1rY1JoIDn464Z0nrqD2Qa6-2BiSxg-3D-3DqM6C_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWX9YycY6rrVl0DeLuxQnEB5cj-2BmRGADaHb5G6f06OcdAifdajb8RvSmOOxym-2BFDLi4-2FFGtrSL4WFXNRg9CN59BIKKe-2FDz4MtgM3prFC1FurWZ0dqfZ78iCsrXwtEf-2BfyC-2F-2FS6AGL1mARgEK3-2FwWvjzbGt8QvR5H01gnmNwb6Udg0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563C1"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">https://bugguide.net/node/view/414/bgimage</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">),<em>S. jamaicensis</em> (</span><a href="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRYXc16MNAgkP6u4WObfu1df-2BfGlLPnXxeBAgKwShOj3Tw-3D-3DpOCd_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWaVWb5NJzcQqwwFQWnhWvPknAi8ymhiColPwVOr65JhCj40Klin9l-2B-2BxaWaaUWJd14EEu1HaXfCA6zVboxEzahKNhLB58kUOPCewterCeuUjLWWnNuvGLmLc-2FOdG6OzKPf-2B3iwVoxwT6zWeSmfNsdis-2BZFZ2ItSTaYL-2FmtSQo394" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563C1"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">https://bugguide.net/node/view/56796/bgimage</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">),and <em>S. dorsalis </em>(</span><a href="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRbIkXIi6nyiuFlS-2BXxnxc9-2FlOQVoYhl9OG-2BwY6Qd6sOEA-3D-3DgLzT_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWXmgiUoTG-2Fi7NhOhRVK4b3yfwPyQGNsAQ-2BR1Zhc54R-2B4EsG5m7HjILUQhVuJDJRarFiHWmOvcaHbCX8M0-2F7LFu0KeB8AqOIgtyBoMKdmfchtIM5ldgeuKATOzNHOQPCLB-2FFcYqUWug-2BlE4MqNYQS6POjLpNTRKL8kWGVRQPI9r0m" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563C1"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">https://bugguide.net/node/view/1318208/bgimage</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">). FYI, here’s an entertaining account of <em>Sphexichneumoneus</em>: </span><a href="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HYL5DK3iNb927S8PHBJkaTjyRCRbPQHwTKaGiLWTm3aYli6UF1cBOtSvhb-2F2Sc-2FzTTD3u-2BdYbUijE97AOMkKsdYKAIomQwU3cO43uTTWsrQ98S1k_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWRDje3TiQsKvKmTArzJE646EOpP7aDtRsuaBh2VTSE-2F1P1yxy7tvi8ze7gtQQ6UleUJ9Z5ptjHzK0JonfmC9FSeHZrHQM80E19McxQIshYKMAXWy3OMzS5O1KfOsEZcbU5Re0mIJ6tAA5DhqczChbgg2RjPDUXqI62bwyxyL-2F9YA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563C1"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/tag/sphex-ichneumoneus/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">. I hope this information is useful to you! </span>[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marilynne, post: 743393, member: 10234"] [COLOR=#1D2228][FONT="][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Verdana][FONT="][B]From:[/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2228][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Calibri]David G. Cook [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#1D2228][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Calibri]Wildlife Biologist/Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2228][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Calibri]Wildlife Diversity Conservation Section[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2228][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Calibri]Division of Habitat and Species Conservation[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2228][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Calibri]Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Calibri]I concur that it looks very much like a digger wasp in the genus [I]Sphex[/I]. Id oubt it’s [I]S. funerarius[/I], as you proposed, since that species is native to Europe and Asia. However, there are other [I]Sphex[/I] species known from Florida to choose from. I can’t tell if the entire abdomen of the wasp you saw was red, or if starts red and ends in black. If all red, your choice might be limited to [I]Sphexhabenus[/I] ([/FONT][URL="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRZWVgsUXpW4zO0t22gpH17X5RcOHETljl-2BOlenbjZZlNg-3D-3Dpfgd_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWddIAAxPCwM9c-2BgXkWrBUYFfhsXimpAWtQKdplZLa6mqMXD8Jhw2LVDAvxEvR53AZo1oIF1JqDSnSM6kQ-2BUkR7k9TQvDuITyM0i3Z7jbg0F-2BnuA-2FO86oH-2FvNlDAZ2vhz6Cd8PXlr4acD8wNAO3RncH-2BaWJCRAej7O0wxCc-2FiKyVI"][COLOR=#0563C1][FONT=Calibri]https://bugguide.net/node/view/31732/bgimage[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][FONT=Calibri]). If red and black, your choices seem to include [I]S. ichneumoneus[/I] ([/FONT][URL="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRZhdLSieVySNK7UdIR1rY1JoIDn464Z0nrqD2Qa6-2BiSxg-3D-3DqM6C_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWX9YycY6rrVl0DeLuxQnEB5cj-2BmRGADaHb5G6f06OcdAifdajb8RvSmOOxym-2BFDLi4-2FFGtrSL4WFXNRg9CN59BIKKe-2FDz4MtgM3prFC1FurWZ0dqfZ78iCsrXwtEf-2BfyC-2F-2FS6AGL1mARgEK3-2FwWvjzbGt8QvR5H01gnmNwb6Udg0"][COLOR=#0563C1][FONT=Calibri]https://bugguide.net/node/view/414/bgimage[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][FONT=Calibri]),[I]S. jamaicensis[/I] ([/FONT][URL="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRYXc16MNAgkP6u4WObfu1df-2BfGlLPnXxeBAgKwShOj3Tw-3D-3DpOCd_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWaVWb5NJzcQqwwFQWnhWvPknAi8ymhiColPwVOr65JhCj40Klin9l-2B-2BxaWaaUWJd14EEu1HaXfCA6zVboxEzahKNhLB58kUOPCewterCeuUjLWWnNuvGLmLc-2FOdG6OzKPf-2B3iwVoxwT6zWeSmfNsdis-2BZFZ2ItSTaYL-2FmtSQo394"][COLOR=#0563C1][FONT=Calibri]https://bugguide.net/node/view/56796/bgimage[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][FONT=Calibri]),and [I]S. dorsalis [/I]([/FONT][URL="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1Hdbn6eqV2P6UF4uWGs6kbRbIkXIi6nyiuFlS-2BXxnxc9-2FlOQVoYhl9OG-2BwY6Qd6sOEA-3D-3DgLzT_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWXmgiUoTG-2Fi7NhOhRVK4b3yfwPyQGNsAQ-2BR1Zhc54R-2B4EsG5m7HjILUQhVuJDJRarFiHWmOvcaHbCX8M0-2F7LFu0KeB8AqOIgtyBoMKdmfchtIM5ldgeuKATOzNHOQPCLB-2FFcYqUWug-2BlE4MqNYQS6POjLpNTRKL8kWGVRQPI9r0m"][COLOR=#0563C1][FONT=Calibri]https://bugguide.net/node/view/1318208/bgimage[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][FONT=Calibri]). FYI, here’s an entertaining account of [I]Sphexichneumoneus[/I]: [/FONT][URL="https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HYL5DK3iNb927S8PHBJkaTjyRCRbPQHwTKaGiLWTm3aYli6UF1cBOtSvhb-2F2Sc-2FzTTD3u-2BdYbUijE97AOMkKsdYKAIomQwU3cO43uTTWsrQ98S1k_yT0tkPgzwFvHCnL-2BawXj7wNu5t0srG7KEoiGx9YT572Qx9H8ksEaEn-2FerZv7fJcsrbDrNj1q2bNdxKbaZQyb9KZH0-2BQzw3-2FOsOdXvFNte0Qq-2FvrLtMJDsqBXONHMwnfNzwzzPVRIY48TMCXMaFvIKShldVJpwzj9Lgt1G4LHWLYCbgseXrXRJkOSjV7SYv-2B86N9tYCO3Q23ccMtUT3PqWRDje3TiQsKvKmTArzJE646EOpP7aDtRsuaBh2VTSE-2F1P1yxy7tvi8ze7gtQQ6UleUJ9Z5ptjHzK0JonfmC9FSeHZrHQM80E19McxQIshYKMAXWy3OMzS5O1KfOsEZcbU5Re0mIJ6tAA5DhqczChbgg2RjPDUXqI62bwyxyL-2F9YA"][COLOR=#0563C1][FONT=Calibri]https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/tag/sphex-ichneumoneus/[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][FONT=Calibri]. I hope this information is useful to you! [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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