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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Photo#961481
Copyright © 2014
Mike Jennings
Wasp ID needed -
Sphex ichneumoneus
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk , Virginia, USA
July 19, 2014
Size: 1 inch
One of many wasps taking nectar at the flowers of swamp milkweed.
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Contributed by
Mike Jennings
on 21 July, 2014 - 8:22am
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John Stanard
, 21 July, 2014 - 8:36am
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Sphex ichneumoneus
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Very nice photos.
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John Stanard
, 21 July, 2014 - 8:34am
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Thanks for the quick reply.
And for the kind words. They were VERY cooperative on Saturday and there were many subjects
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Mike Jennings
, 21 July, 2014 - 8:51am
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