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Spider&Wasp - Achaearanea tepidariorum
Copyright © 2007 Vincent J Hickey

Spider&Wasp - Achaearanea tepidariorum
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 15, 2007
Size: each ~15mm
Looks like Mason Wasp....many in area;Spider...? House spider. ID please?
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Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 16 August, 2007 - 5:25pm
Last updated 6 November, 2007 - 3:20pm

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Ok, the wasp is the European paper wasp, Polistes dominula. Spider is an Achaearanea, probably A. tepidariorum.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 November, 2007 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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