Caribbean Digger Wasp

Sphex jamaicensis (Drury 1773)

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Sphex jamaicensis (Caribbean Digger Wasp) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family sphecid wasps. They visit flowers of Cabbage Palm, uhaloa, peregrina, and Narrow-Leaf Yellowtops. They are diurnal.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 1758 (Smooth-billed Ani)
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 1758 (Smooth-billed Ani)
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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carnivore
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
- Attribution: Crustacean body sizes
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visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Jatropha integerrima Jacq. (peregrina)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Monarda punctata L. (spotted beebalm)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Caribbean Digger Wasp. View this species on GBIF

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Caribbean Digger Wasp

Sphex jamaicensis (Drury 1773)

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