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Wasp - Sphex habenus - female
Copyright © 2019 Louise Woodrich

Wasp - Sphex habenus - Female
Near Rockville, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
July 6, 2019
Size: 2” guess
I can’t identify from any photo on web or Nat’l Audubon Insects andSpiders guidebook. In my yard amongst thousands of other bees and wasps.

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Contributed by Louise Woodrich on 7 July, 2019 - 7:25am
Last updated 7 July, 2019 - 9:10am

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