Sphecius speciosus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Crabronidae
- Genus
- Sphecius
- Species
- Sphecius speciosus
- Scientific Name
- Sphecius speciosus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sphecius speciosus
Sphecius speciosus, the eastern cicada-killer wasp, is a large, solitary digger wasp species in the family Bembicidae. They are so named because they hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them. Cicada killers exert a measure of natural control on cicada populations, and as such, they may directly benefit the deciduous trees upon which the cicadas feed. Sometimes, they are erroneously called sand hornets, despite not truly being hornets, which belong to the family Vespidae.
The most recent review of this species' biology is found in the posthumously published comprehensive study by noted entomologist Howard Ensign Evans.
...Sphecius speciosus in languages:
- Chinese
- 殺蟬泥蜂
- English
- Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sphecius antennatus
- Sphecius citrinus
- Sphecius claripennis
- Sphecius conicus
- Sphecius convallis
- Sphecius grandidieri
- Sphecius grandis
- Sphecius hemixanthopterus
- Sphecius hogardii
- Sphecius intermedius
- Sphecius lutescens
- Sphecius malayanus
- Sphecius milleri
- Sphecius nigricornis
- Sphecius pectoralis
- Sphecius persa
- Sphecius quartinae
- Sphecius schulthessi
- Sphecius speciosus
- Sphecius spectabilis
- Sphecius uljanini
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