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Thread-waisted Wasp, with prey - Sphex nudus - female
Copyright © 2003 Troy Bartlett

Thread-waisted Wasp, with prey - Sphex nudus - Female
Elachee Nature Center, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
August 16, 2003
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:56pm

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