Eastern cicada killer wasp

An earlier post of an Eastern cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-04 — was an in-your-face, comical kind of shot. This one will serve identification purposes.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/514

I want to learn what the “bugs” in our garden are. I “disposed of” something creepy looking that turned out to be a ladybug pupa. So now it’s “shoot; identify; dispose.” A couple days ago I photographed a bug and learned that it was a “spotted cucumber beetle.” That’s definitely a pest and while that one “got away,” the next one shan’t be so fortunate…

Confirmed at BugGuide as “Sphecius speciosus” or “Eastern Cicada Killer”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/680403

A year ago (“Wait. This isn’t a battleship!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-14

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Great focus and dof!

[Jean Tookey]

A good shot. The details are so clear especially on the wing.

[Ellen E]

wow! great shot

[lisa marie]

Scary but a great shot!! I would never get close to one of those things!!

[Netkonnexion]

Cool shot. Beautiful capture. Love the colours.

[Rick Schies]

A vicious little creaeture

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fabulous close up xx

[Carolyn White]

Awesome shot! I have trouble killing bugs these days. :0)

[Mags]

Marvelous shot but I like cicadas because I thought they killed wasps and I have way too many of those around here. So they have this predator then?... Shame!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam Don’t kill wasps: “Cicadas are herbivores. This means they eat vegetation. Young cicadas eat liquid from plant roots, while molting cicadas eat twigs. Adult cicadas do not feed, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture.” » https://www.livescience.com/57814-cicada-facts.html
See also, https://bugguide.net/node/view/101#food