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P. annularis ?? - Polistes annularis
Copyright © 2007 Keith Carter

P. annularis ?? - Polistes annularis
Baldwin County, Alabama County, Alabama, USA
May 14, 2007
Size: 3/4-1.0"
Large wasp over swamp boardwalk Could this be P. annularis, Social paper wasp ?

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P. annularis ?? - Polistes annularis Polistes annularis ? - Polistes annularis
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Contributed by Keith Carter on 15 May, 2007 - 12:09am
Last updated 16 April, 2009 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 5 June, 2007 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Polistes annularis (AL)
Eric got it right. The orange tip of the antenna excludes metricus. Furthermore, the first abdominal segment only very rarely has a yellow band in metricus.
… Matthias Buck, 5 June, 2007 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

P. annularis?
Looks more like P. metricus
… H. Glen Kilgore, 20 May, 2007 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Looks like it.
From what I am told, the pale terminal antennal segments, plus the single pale band on the abdomen, are peculiar to P. annularis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2007 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you
… Keith Carter, 15 May, 2007 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

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