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purple wasp, mating - Eremnophila aureonotata - male - female
Copyright © 2010 James Bamba

purple wasp, mating - Eremnophila aureonotata - Male Female
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
September 18, 2010
This was a fairly common wasp in the refuge however, when feeding they're very flittery so I was unable to snap a shot of a single one. I was happy though that I caught a mating pair on "film", or well, memory card haha.
Contributed by James Bamba on 18 September, 2010 - 11:03pm
Last updated 19 September, 2010 - 1:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 19 September, 2010 - 1:39pm

Eremnophila aureonotata?
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2010 - 10:24am

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