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Wasp - Trypoxylon
Copyright © 2015 Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover)

Wasp - Trypoxylon
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 30, 2015
Is this a Pipe organ mud dauber (Trypoxylon politum)? I'm also having a hard time telling if it is male or female, but maybe that's just me.

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Contributed by Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover) on 1 July, 2015 - 9:15pm
Last updated 18 September, 2016 - 8:11pm

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon lactitarse.
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2016 - 8:11pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Trypargilum.
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2016 - 7:49pm

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon.
… John S. Ascher, 8 July, 2015 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 July, 2015 - 9:44pm

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