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Great Black Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

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Field Notes

Description:

Large (easily 1 inch long) black wasp with colorful wings

Habitat:

Rural SW Pennsylvania

Notes:

At first I thought it was a cricket because it hopped as much as it flew

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2011

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