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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 » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Long-waisted Paper Wasps (Mischocyttarus) » Navajo Paper Wasp (Mischocyttarus navajo)
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Waspnest - Mischocyttarus navajo
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

Waspnest - Mischocyttarus navajo
Gardener Canyon, Huachucas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 21, 2007
The wasps in the nest have very elongated petioles (first and second abdominal segment)- see the one in the top-right corner.
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 23 August, 2007 - 12:08am
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 12:00am

Mischocyttarus navajo
Formerly a subspecies of Mischocyttarus flavitarsis, I am very certain this is M. navajo. M. navajo is larger, with reduced yellow markings on the thorax, and the wings are very dark brown (as opposed to the yellow-brown wings of M. flavitarsis). Great shot of an uncommon species!!

Moved from Mischocyttarus flavitarsis.
… George Waldren, 10 September, 2007 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… margarethe brummermann, 24 August, 2007 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
These specimens are a bit more reddish than those from Pacific North-West.
… Richard Vernier, 24 August, 2007 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much, I'm surp
Thank you very much, I'm surprised you could see enough on the photo for the ID.
… margarethe brummermann, 24 August, 2007 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… margarethe brummermann, 23 August, 2007 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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