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Wasp - Sphex nudus - male
Copyright © 2003 Troy Bartlett

Wasp - Sphex nudus - Male
Cohutta Wilderness, near Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA
September 5, 2003
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:35pm
Last updated 15 July, 2006 - 7:18am

male Sphecid wasp
This is a male of the katydid-slaying Sphex nudus. Males have silver faces, females have gold faces:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 June, 2004 - 3:56pm

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