Bug FAQSphex nudus
Sphex nudus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Sphecidae
Sphex nudus is a thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It lives across the eastern United States. It mainly hunts the leaf-rolling cricket Camptonotus carolinensis.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Sphex nudus belongs to the thread-waisted wasp family Sphecidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It occurs throughout the eastern United States.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It primarily hunts the leaf-rolling cricket Camptonotus carolinensis.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range covers the eastern United States.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 28 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Missouri.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
What does Sphex nudus eat?
It mainly hunts the leaf-rolling cricket Camptonotus carolinensis.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Sphecidae)
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan sting
Common Blue Mud-dauber WaspChalybion californicumCan sting
Great Golden Digger WaspSphex ichneumoneus
Great Black Digger WaspSphex pensylvanicusCan sting
Gold-marked Thread-waisted WaspEremnophila aureonotata
Mexican Grass-carrying WaspIsodontia mexicanaSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphex_nudus
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