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Is this Polstes major? - Polistes exclamans
Copyright © 2017 Arabella Dane

Is this Polstes major? - Polistes exclamans
Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA
April 17, 2017
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Contributed by Arabella Dane on 20 April, 2017 - 6:43am
Last updated 13 August, 2017 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Paper Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 13 August, 2017 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Looks like P. exclamans to me. The propodeum doesn't look quite as slender as it should be though, so this may be P. dorsalis.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 20 April, 2017 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
the colors seem to be different
Hmm. the bands in my image seem different from these suggestions - and the tip end of the abdomen was yellow not brown... Are these guys very variable??
… Arabella Dane, 20 April, 2017 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes exclamans, female
This is exclamans without any doubt. Note the two pairs of completely separate yellow stripes on the propodeum (never found like this in dorsalis). Also the yellow spots on the vertex (top of the head), never present in dorsalis.
… Matthias Buck, 13 August, 2017 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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