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Great black wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Photo by nlralph
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40.7172, -74.0109

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Spotted at noon on a very windy day. Partly cloudy. This one sort of dropped from one flower to another, barely traveling, seemed a little shy...

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Insect landscape of Washington Market Park in NYC
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2014

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