large spider wasp - Poecilopompilus algidus

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large spider wasp - Poecilopompilus algidus -

Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 16, 2006
Size: ~20mm

I was watching this large wasp flying over the trail for a while, then it landed in a small tree in the shade of the leaves, and stayed there for a while cleaning itself.

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large spider wasp - Poecilopompilus algidus - female

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 July, 2006 - 11:06pm
Last updated 18 July, 2006 - 5:40am

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