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black wasp

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Large <2cm long wasp,feeding among goldenrod flowers. Many wasp species doing this are completely covered in pollen. Maybe they are not primary pollinators but they are certainly carting around alot of pollen on their body hairs.

Species ID Suggestions

Grass-carrier wasp (female)

Isodontia mexicana

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PublishedSeptember 21, 2014

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