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wasp on sidewalk - Dolichovespula maculata
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wasp on sidewalk - Dolichovespula maculata
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
August 22, 2015

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wasp on sidewalk - Dolichovespula maculata wasp on sidewalk - Dolichovespula maculata
Contributed by Gordon Johnston on 22 August, 2015 - 5:41pm
Last updated 23 August, 2015 - 9:04am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 August, 2015 - 9:04am

looks like a bald-faced hornet
Dolichovespula maculata

please wait for one of the experts to confirm that
… Steve Scholnick, 22 August, 2015 - 6:01pm

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