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wasp - Polistes dominula
Copyright © 2007 Linda Murphy

wasp - Polistes dominula
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 1, 2007
She was not moving at first, attached to the window, I took this shot through the glass, looks like little suction cups to hold him onto the window

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Contributed by Linda Murphy on 18 June, 2008 - 7:52am
Last updated 4 July, 2008 - 5:06pm

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