Flowering Plants Visited
by Sphex ichneumoneus

Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus: Sphecidae (Sphecinae), Hymenoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Reed, Betz et al., Hilty, Willson & Bertin, Wilhelm & Rericha, and O'Brien; this is the Great Golden Digger Wasp; an alternative spelling of the scientific name for this wasp is Sphex ichneumonea)

Anacardiaceae: Rhus copallinum [pist sn] [unsp sn] (Rb, WR); Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata sn (Rb), Daucus carota sn (OB), Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb, H, WR, OB), Pastinaca sativa sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias sp. [plup sn] (OB), Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn fq] (Rb, Btz), Asclepias sullivanti [plup sn] (Btz), Asclepias syriaca [plpr sn] (Rb, Btz), Asclepias tuberosa [plpr sn] [plup sn] (Rb, Btz, OB), Asclepias verticillata [plpr sn fq] [plup sn] (Rb, Btz, H, WB); Asteraceae: Ageratina altissima sn (Gr), Aster pilosus sn (Rb), Aster puniceus sn (Gr), Doellingeria umbellata sn (WR), Eupatorium altissimum sn (WR), Eupatorium perfoliatum sn (Rb, Gr, WR), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Gr, WR), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (Re, WR), Solidago canadensis sn (Rb, WR), Solidago gigantea sn (WR), Solidago missouriensis sn (Rb), Solidago nemoralis sn (WR), Solidago patula sn (WR); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos occidentalis sn (Gr), Symphoricarpos orbiculatus sn (Rb); Cucurbitaceae: Sicyos angulatus [unsp sn] (Rb); Fabaceae: Dalea candida sn (Rb), Dalea purpurea sn (Rb), Melilotus alba sn (Rb, OB), Melilotus officinalis sn (OB; Lamiaceae: Lycopus americanus sn fq (Rb), Monarda punctata sn (WR), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn (Rb, H), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn fq (Rb, WR), Pycnanthemum virginianum sn fq (Re, WR); Liliaceae: Melanthium virginicum sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiperoides sn (Rb); Ranunculaceae: Clematis virginiana [stam sn] (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Veronicastrum virginicum sn (Rb); Tiliaceae: Tilia americana sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb)

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