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
