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Common Name:
Great Black Wasp

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

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359

Date: 7/28/12

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/681177

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