Sphex ichneumoneus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sphex |
| Species: | S. ichneumoneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphex ichneumoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Sphex ichneumoneus, known commonly as the great golden digger wasp or great golden sand digger is a wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is identified by the golden pubescence on its head and thorax, its reddish orange legs, and partly reddish orange body. This wasp is native to the Western Hemisphere, from Canada to South America, and provisions its young with various types of paralyzed Orthoptera.[1]
D. Hofstadter cites the observation by Woodridge of S. ichneumoneus continually repeating behavior (checking a burrow before pulling in a cricket) as an example of genetic determinism, calling the behavior "sphexish".[2]
References[]
- ^ Wojciech J. Pulawski (June 10, 2010). "Sphex" (PDF). Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato. California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "Sphexishness".
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