Sphex rugifer

Unknown.

Known from coastal areas of Western Australia.

This wasp is approximately 20 millimetres long.

This individual is male. Females have a red abdomen.

These photographs were taken in October.

Identification courtesy of David Knowles.

A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5995#:~:text=The%20Australian%20species%20of%20the,brevipetiolus%2C%20S.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ed98203c-61ce-4878-888d-810e11d923b9

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