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wasp in Big Bend - Polistes aurifer

wasp in Big Bend - Polistes aurifer
near Castolon, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
September 28, 2017
any help on the ID of these Polistes wasps would be appreciated. The nest was about 6 inches off the ground in the base of a shrub. THis observation is also posted on iNat at:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8178293
where some useful comments were made by others suggesting a post to BG would be appropriate.

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wasp in Big Bend - Polistes aurifer wasp in Big Bend - Polistes aurifer wasp in Big Bend - Polistes aurifer

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