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Graperoot borer-Vitacea polistiformis - Vitacea polistiformis - male
Copyright © 1987 michigan State University 1991

Graperoot borer-Vitacea polistiformis - Vitacea polistiformis - Male
North of Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
June 28, 1987
Size: 12-19mm wing length
This large paper wasp mimic can be a serious pest of cultivated grapes. Found throughout the midwest and south to Florida and Texas. This image is from "A Guide to the Clearwing Borers (Sesiidae) of the North Central United States" North Central Regional Publication No. 394, Updated March 2004.
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Contributed by William H. Taft on 1 February, 2008 - 6:29pm
Last updated 1 February, 2008 - 7:42pm

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