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Paper Wasp - Polistes bahamensis
Copyright © 1986 john and jane balaban

Paper Wasp - Polistes bahamensis
Florida Scenic Trail, Ocala National Forest, Marion County, Florida, USA
July 4, 1986
These paper wasps were busily building their nest in the protection of the underside of a palmetto frond.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 February, 2005 - 4:55pm
Last updated 19 September, 2007 - 5:44pm

Moved
Moved from Paper Wasp.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2006 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

ID correct
Sufficient characters necessary to identify P. bahamensis are visible on this picture: The presence of lateral yellow stripes on the propodeum (see wasp on the right), and the contrastingly coloured antennae separate them from P. dorsalis, and the poorly developed yellow bands on the posterior segments of the metasoma separate them from P. exclamans. Nice job! Perhaps someone can move these pictures out of the P. exclamans folder?
… Matthias Buck, 14 November, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

Polistes bahamensis on nest (FL)
This appears to be the first image of the species on bugguide. P. bahamensis is a very close relative of P. exclamans but has more restricted yellow markings (e.g., compare this image with #21422). Both have the conspicuously orange tip of the flagellum, otherwise the wasps on this image could be confused easily with the very similar but not closely related P. dorsalis. Note the lack of yellow on the last two metasomal segments of P. bahamensis.
… Matthias Buck, 10 November, 2006 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
We're posting a cropped image
with more pixels, so you can better see any characteristics that would help with the identification.
… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2006 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Polistes exclamans.
Looks like a small colony of Polistes exclamans. Neat image:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 February, 2005 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

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