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Sensitive Fern Borer - Hodges#9483 - Papaipema inquaesita
Copyright © 2015 John R. Maxwell

Sensitive Fern Borer - Hodges#9483 - Papaipema inquaesita
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 12, 2009
Size: Maybe around 17.5 mm?
Pretty sure this is Papaipema inquaesita (Sensitive Fern Borer - Hodges#9483)
Measured "nose" to wingtip

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 30 November, 2015 - 12:54pm

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