Flowering Plants Visited
by Sphex
pensylvanicus
Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus: Sphecidae (Sphecinae), Hymenoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Reed, Betz et al., Robson, Hilty, Wilhelm & Rericha, O'Brien; this is the Great Black Wasp; an alternative spelling of the scientific name is Sphex pensylvanica)
Anacardiaceae: Rhus copallinum [pist sn] [unsp sn] (Rb, WR); Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata sn (Rb, WR), Daucus carota sn (OB), Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb, WR, OB), Pastinaca sativa sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias spp. [plup sn] (OB), Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn fq] (Rb, Btz, H), Asclepias verticillata [plpr sn fq] (Rb, Btz); Asteraceae: Doellingeria umbellata sn (WR), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Gr), Euthamia graminifolia sn (WR), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (Re), Rudbeckia laciniata sn (Gr), Solidago canadensis sn (Rb, WR), Solidago gigantea sn (WR), Solidago missouriensis sn (Rb), Solidago patula sn (WR); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [exfl sn] (WR); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos occidentalis sn (Gr), Symphoricarpos orbiculatus sn (Rb); Convolvulaceae: Cuscuta glomerata sn (WR); Fabaceae: Dalea villosa sn (Re, Rbs), Melilotus alba sn (Rb, OB); Lamiaceae: Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Monarda punctata sn (WR), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn fq (H), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb, WR), Pycnanthemum virginianum sn fq (Re, WR); Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiperoides sn (WR)