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burly red wasp - Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus

burly red wasp - Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus
Larimer County, Colorado, USA
August 8, 2005
Far more massive than the polistes I usually see around here. Here is a measurement shot of a noticably smaller though probably same species wasp, being eaten by a group of ambush bugs.

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