Exceptionally Large Wasp Insect Fossil from Green River

Name: Wasp (Insecta: Order Hymenoptera)

Age: Middle Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Matrix 100mm X 120mm Insect 19mm

Location: Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Code: IN018

Price: $75.00 - sold

A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is not a bee, sawfly, or an ant. Almost every pest insect species has a wasp species that is predator or parasite upon it. This specimen is large and finely preserved.

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