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Common Name:
Great Black Wasp

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Sphecinae
Tribe:
Species:
Sphex pensylvanicus

Hodges No:

Location:
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
USA

Date: 7/29/06

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Sphex pensylvanicus Sphecidae
Great Black Wasp
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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