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Katydid Wasp - Sphex nudus - male
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Katydid Wasp - Sphex nudus - Male
Hwy 54 and Fayetteville, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 31, 2006
Size: 20 mm (est.)
A first from North Carolina for the guide--it does not seem to be common in my area, though it is on regional checklists. Taking nectar from a cultivated Clethra. This is a male, based on the silver face, as Eric Eaton has shown us:


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Contributed by Cotinis on 1 August, 2006 - 1:38pm

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