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Great Black Wasp with Pollinia - Sphex pensylvanicus - male
Copyright © 2018 Kent A. Jones

Great Black Wasp with Pollinia - Sphex pensylvanicus - Male
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
July 17, 2018
Size: 25mm
Nectaring on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). The left rear tarsus is in position to collect another pollinium. Pollinia will adhere to other pollinia, creating connected strings up to seven pollinia long.
Contributed by Kent Jones on 9 August, 2018 - 8:36am
Last updated 23 September, 2019 - 9:01pm

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… John S. Ascher, 9 August, 2018 - 8:39am

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