Golden-reined Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus)

Golden-reined Digger Wasp, a reference photo — Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Sphex habenus is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Golden-reined Digger Wasp being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Sphex cognatus
Sphex vestitus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Sphex
Species: Sphex habenus

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