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Wasp
Copyright © 2009 Vespula vulgaris

Wasp
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 20, 2009
Size: ~3 mm
Found dead on pavement. Possibly a gall wasp?

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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 20 September, 2009 - 11:22am
Last updated 22 September, 2009 - 5:45pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula vulgaris, 22 September, 2009 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Yes…
The wing venation, straight antennae, and and hunchbacked thorax seems to indicate this group. I would leave in the superfamily for now.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 21 September, 2009 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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