DIGITAL FIELD GUIDE: WASPS   (Order: Hymenoptera)

Couplet #8 Entire Key at a Glance

<-- from Key Location 7b

8a: Head and thorax black; abdomen completely orange.


Prionyx parkeri


Sphex sp.

--> Go to Couplet #9

8b: Head and thorax dark; face and thorax often with bright gold marks.


Isodontia elegans


Sphex ichneumoneus

--> Go to Couplet #10

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