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Crabronidae emerge - Trypoxylon politum - male
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Crabronidae emerge - Trypoxylon politum - Male
Great River Road, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
July 12, 2014
Wasp emerged on or before July 12, 2014
Given the hole in the cocoon, is this the way that the original inhabitant of the cocoon would emerge?

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 11 December, 2014 - 8:41pm
Last updated 28 October, 2018 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon.
… John S. Ascher, 2 February, 2015 - 7:51am

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 12 December, 2014 - 6:25pm

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