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Great Golden Digger Wasp
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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)

My insect classification skills are rather wanting, but I think this is a Great Golden Digger Wasp.

Taken in the Alan Chadwick garden at UC Santa Cruz.

Nikon Z7 with 500mm f/5.6e shot at 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 360. Cropped down to 1.1MP (6.7x crop) for equivalent focal length of 3328mm.
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Habitat
orchard and flowers
Location
Alan Chadwick Garden, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
Date taken
July 28, 2019
Scientific name
Sphex ichneumoneus
Equipment used
Nikon Z7, Nikon 500mm f/5.6e
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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.... mine are almost non-existent Marc!!! So I'll take your word for it.

That's a cracking picture you've taken of this wasp, with some exceptional detail.

Very well done lad.
 
Stanley Jones
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These beautiful wasps usually show up in my neck of the woods in July but I have only seen a single one so for this year. Always a treat to see these gems. TFS Marc!
 

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