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Old Saturday 17th September 2005, 16:14   #1
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wasp???

Can you identify this wasp


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Old Saturday 17th September 2005, 17:09   #2
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Can you identify this wasp
Hello Hugh,
It's obviously one of the Hunting Wasp species with its prey (a grasshopper or a cricket) I don't think we have anything in the UK capable of handling prey that size. I'm afraid you will have to rely on one of the European Wasp specialists to help you out.

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hi jim thanks ya it was taken by a frend in New Hampshire, USA,
will try looking up hunting wasp
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Old Saturday 17th September 2005, 18:21   #5
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