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Sphex sp
This little guy was buzzing about non-stop on the forest floor. it was likely hunting. it measures just over an 1" long.
Tropical wet forest in Sw Costa Rica about 1 mile to the ocean and 400' above sea level.
sorry for the delay Nico...here is the link:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Hey Larry! I couldn't find pictures of the tinctipennis. Could you link me somewhere?
I'm in Monteverde right now and happened to shoot a wasp that looks VERY similar to this one yesterday, and it was hauling a paralyzed green spider to its nest. I'll post the image later on - but Sphex is definitely the genus on this one.
thanks Nico. The range for the pensyvanicus doesn't quite fit for this speciman. However, you got me going in a great direction. what do you think about Sphex tinctipennis? the range and basic colors seems right. I am not sure about the morphology. It seems that these are are also called the digger wasps.
Pensylvanicus in the name rather suggests that this particular wasp I linked to in EOL is not the exact one in this picture (Pensylvania / Costa Rica) - but they look very, very similar.
Spotted on Jul 12, 2012
Submitted on Aug 11, 2012
