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Metric Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)
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Copyright © 2007
Cotinis
Polistes metricus
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Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 16, 2006
Size: 22 mm
Detail of thorax--for a thumbnail for guide page.
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Cotinis
on 5 May, 2007 - 1:09pm
Last updated 11 May, 2007 - 4:10am