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Mexican Honey Wasp - Colony #10 - Brachygastra mellifica
Copyright © 2015 Gary Rankin

Mexican Honey Wasp - Colony #10 - Brachygastra mellifica
Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas, USA
March 25, 2015
Size: Small
This may be a record size nest. It is by far the largest we have seen in south Texas. The folks from UT Austin came down to check this one out and take a few samples for their research. In fact, Alex, the head of the University of Texas Entomology Dept and the photographer of this image agrees about this being a monster size nest.

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Contributed by Gary Rankin on 2 October, 2015 - 2:24pm

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