Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphex fumicatus)

About Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphex fumicatus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
• Family: Thread-waisted Wasps

Sphex is a genus of cosmopolitan wasp that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae, though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae. There are over 130 known Sphex species.

Source: Wikipedia