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Tiphiid? - Xiphydria maculata
Copyright © 2006 Ethan Friedman

Tiphiid? - Xiphydria maculata
NW of Tupper Lake, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
July 2, 2006
Size: 14mm
A tiphiid wasp?

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Tiphiid? - Xiphydria maculata Tiphiid? - Xiphydria maculata
Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 18 February, 2007 - 5:02pm
Last updated 27 February, 2007 - 2:24pm

Xiphydryiidae
like . Neat find.
… Keith Bayless, 18 February, 2007 - 6:57pm

 
thanks Keith
certainly seems like Xiphydryia maculata. completely new family to me
… Ethan Friedman, 18 February, 2007 - 8:15pm

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