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sphecid, n. and a. Ent.|ˈsfɛsɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Sphecidæ, f. Sphex sphex (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 569): see -id3.]
A. n. A fossorial wasp of the family Sphecidæ.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to an insect of this kind.
1895J. H. & A. B. Comstock Man. Study of Insects xxii. 650 The Sphecids or the Thread-waisted Wasps..are the most commonly observed of all our digger-wasps as certain species build their mud nests in the attics of our houses. 1926E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xxviii. 871 Sphecid or Thread-Waisted Wasps..are solitary, nest in the soil, and provision the nests with spiders or insects. 1966C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush v. 75, I saw a handsome, inch long, metallic blue-black wasp fly out from behind the row of books. It was a sphecid or mud dauber. 1976R. M. Bohart et al. (title) Sphecid wasps of the world. Ibid. 1 Adult sphecids feed on a variety of food. |