Family

Thread-waisted Wasps

Sphecidae

33 species in our catalog · found in 36 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies)
FamilySphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)

Species in this group

Chlorion lobatum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sceliphron laetum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sceliphron caementarium

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex subtruncatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Palmodes praestans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chalybion californicum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Prionyx kirbii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex jamaicensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex pensylvanicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chlorion aerarium

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex diabolicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sceliphron curvatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex nudus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eremnophila aureonotata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Podalonia tydei

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex ichneumoneus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sceliphron spirifex

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Isodontia mexicana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sceliphron formosum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex nitidiventris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ammophila pictipennis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphex funerarius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Podium luctuosum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Isodontia exornata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ammophila procera

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ammophila sabulosa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Podium rufipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Podalonia hirsuta

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sphex dorsalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sceliphron asiaticum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Isodontia elegans

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sceliphron destillatorium

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sceliphron assimile

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Thread-waisted Wasps

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	8 of 33	~50%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Jamaican Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Ammophila pictipennis			~10%
	Isodontia exornata			~10%
	Podium rufipes			<5%
	Sphex dorsalis			<5%
2	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~30%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
3	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	5 of 33	~30%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Red-Belted Sand Wasp			<5%
4	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 33	~30%
	Sphex nudus			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
5	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 33	~20%
	Chlorion lobatum			~20%
6	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~20%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Podium luctuosum			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
7	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 33	~20%
	Prionyx kirbii			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
8	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 33	~20%
	Jamaican Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
9	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
10	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron laetum			~10%
	Sceliphron formosum			~10%
11	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron laetum			~10%
12	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
13	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 33	~10%
	Sphex subtruncatus			~10%
14	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Palmodes praestans			~10%
15	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 33	~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
16	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 33	~10%
	Podalonia hirsuta			<5%
	Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Sceliphron destillatorium			<5%
17	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
18	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 33	~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			~10%
19	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 33	~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Palmodes praestans			<5%
20	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 33	~10%
	Sphex diabolicus			~10%
21	Padre Island National Seashore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
22	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 33	~10%
	Tyde's Sand Wasp			~10%
23	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
24	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
25	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	2 of 33	~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Clayman's Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
26	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
27	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 33	~10%
	Tyde's Sand Wasp			~10%
28	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
29	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
30	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 33	~10%
	Sphex nitidiventris			~10%
31	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
32	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
33	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 33	<5%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
34	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 33	<5%
	Sceliphron spirifex			<5%
35	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 33	<5%
	Sceliphron asiaticum			<5%
36	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 33	<5%
	Sceliphron spirifex			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	11 of 33	~50%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
2	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	13 of 33	~40%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Sphex nudus			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
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3	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	10 of 33	~40%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
4	Detroit	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 33	~40%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
5	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	9 of 33	~40%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
6	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	8 of 33	~40%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
7	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	5 of 33	~40%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Red-Belted Sand Wasp			<5%
8	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	11 of 33	~40%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Sphex nudus			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Podium luctuosum			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
9	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 33	~40%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
10	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	6 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Prionyx kirbii			<5%
	Red-Belted Sand Wasp			<5%
11	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	8 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
12	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	10 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Isodontia exornata			<5%
	Sphex dorsalis			<5%
	Podium rufipes			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
13	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	8 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Podium luctuosum			<5%
14	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Sphex nudus			<5%
15	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
16	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 33	~30%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Red-Belted Sand Wasp			<5%
17	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Podium luctuosum			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
18	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Sphex nudus			<5%
19	Denver	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 33	~30%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
20	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	5 of 33	~20%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Prionyx kirbii			<5%
21	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
22	Naples	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
23	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
24	Sacramento	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Great Black Digger Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
25	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 33	~20%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
26	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3 of 33	~20%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
27	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 33	~20%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Prionyx kirbii			<5%
28	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 33	~20%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
29	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
30	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
31	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
32	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 33	~20%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
33	Orlando	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Common Thread-Waisted Wasp			<5%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
34	Salt Lake City	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
35	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	2 of 33	~20%
	Prionyx kirbii			~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
36	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 33	~20%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Golden Digger Wasp			~10%
37	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	4 of 33	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
38	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 33	~20%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
39	San Antonio	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Clayman's Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
40	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	2 of 33	~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
41	Santiago	🇨🇱 Chile	2 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
42	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	3 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron asiaticum			~10%
	Great Golden Digger Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
43	Mesa	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp			<5%
44	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron destillatorium			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Prionyx kirbii			<5%
45	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	3 of 33	~10%
	Sphex subtruncatus			~10%
	Sphex diabolicus			<5%
	Chlorion lobatum			<5%
46	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 33	~10%
	Tyde's Sand Wasp			~10%
	Sceliphron formosum			<5%
47	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
48	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron formosum			~10%
	Sceliphron laetum			<5%
	Tyde's Sand Wasp			<5%
49	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
	Sceliphron destillatorium			<5%
50	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
51	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Ammophila pictipennis			<5%
52	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 33	~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
53	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron spirifex			~10%
54	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 33	~10%
	Sceliphron formosum			~10%
	Sceliphron laetum			<5%
55	Tuen Mun	🇨🇳 China	2 of 33	~10%
	Sphex diabolicus			~10%
	Sphex subtruncatus			<5%
56	Hong Kong	🇨🇳 China	2 of 33	~10%
	Sphex subtruncatus			<5%
	Sphex diabolicus			<5%
57	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 33	~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			~10%
58	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2 of 33	~10%
	Sphex diabolicus			<5%
	Sphex subtruncatus			<5%
59	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 33	~10%
	Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp			~10%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
60	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 33	~10%
	Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%
	Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp			<5%

Thread-waisted Wasps

Species in this group

Chlorion lobatum

Sceliphron laetum

Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp

Sphex subtruncatus

Palmodes praestans

Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp

Prionyx kirbii

Jamaican Digger Wasp

Great Black Digger Wasp

Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp

Sphex diabolicus

Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp

Sphex nudus

Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp

Tyde's Sand Wasp

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Sceliphron spirifex

Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp

Sceliphron formosum

Sphex nitidiventris

Ammophila pictipennis

Golden Digger Wasp

Podium luctuosum

Isodontia exornata

Common Thread-Waisted Wasp

Red-Belted Sand Wasp

Podium rufipes

Podalonia hirsuta

Sphex dorsalis

Sceliphron asiaticum

Elegant Grass-Carrying Wasp

Sceliphron destillatorium

Clayman's Mud-Dauber Wasp

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Where to see Thread-waisted Wasps

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