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  9. Great Black Digger Wasp

species 26,324 observations

Great Black Digger Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

371 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Musky Mint, False Indian Plantain, Pinkweed, Tall Boneset 7
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Clustered Mountainmint, Swamp Milkweed, Spotted Horsemint, Narrowleaf Mountainmint 364

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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