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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Aphanilopterus (Polistes Subgenus Aphanilopterus) » Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
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Polistes exclamans? - Polistes exclamans - male - female
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Polistes exclamans? - Polistes exclamans - Male Female
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
September 22, 2015
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 24 September, 2015 - 9:28pm
Last updated 14 November, 2015 - 7:32pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes. One male on the top right with dark eyes.
… Matthias Buck, 14 November, 2015 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
this is so cool!
I thought that the black eyes of one of the wasps was due to a trick of light. Now I see that the antennae are different between the male and females. Thank you Matthias and Ken for your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 14 November, 2015 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2015 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ken!
I appreciate your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 24 September, 2015 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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