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A horse wasp of this province [Pennsylvania]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1765

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1

Notes:

The horse wasp, or avispa de caballo (Polistes major) is a species of paper wasp found from South America north into the southern United States, but not in Pennsylvania.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved