Paper Wasp - Polistes metricus

Great Golden Digger Wasp and Weevil Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus and Cerceris clypeata (female)

Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus

European Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula

Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes

This is the only time the Tachytes wasp has been seen in Central Park

Great Black Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus

The Great Black Wasp is on Milkweed

Sand Wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus

Bicyrtes is on Melampodium (Butter Daisy)

Parasitic Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arctica

Ichneumon Wasp - Sphelodon phoxopteridis

Eastern Cicada Killer - Sphecius speciosus

The Cicada Killer is on Sweetpepper Bush

Ichneumon Wasp

The Eutanyacra wasp is uncommon in Central Park

Bald-faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata

Great Black Wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus

Weevil Wasp - Cerceris

Double-banded Scoliid Wasp - Scolia bicincta

Mason Wasp - Pseudodynerus quadrisectus

Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysura

Mason (Potter) Wasp - Euodynerus hidalgo hidalgo