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Mischocyttarus mexicanus? - Mischocyttarus mexicanus
Copyright © 2007 Ashley Bradford

Mischocyttarus mexicanus? - Mischocyttarus mexicanus
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
October 7, 2007
I moved to get a shot from a different angle and found they'd already reoriented to keep an eye on me, but still remained motionless as I took their photo.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 10 October, 2007 - 5:37pm
Last updated 10 October, 2007 - 6:51pm

M. mexicanus cubicola
ID is correct. Nice shots!
… George Waldren, 10 October, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
couldent
it also be P. exclamans?
… vespula vulgaris, 10 October, 2007 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Mischocyttarus mexicanus
Check both images - difficult to see but the yellow marks at top of thorax are consistent with Mischocyttarus mexicanus.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 10 October, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

 
you wasp experts are good!
im still getting famillar with species i have never actually seen, thanks for the good info!:)
… vespula vulgaris, 10 October, 2007 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert
Also learning - always :)
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 10 October, 2007 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm definitely not an expert
I'm definitely not an expert yet either!! Still taking a lot in.

Mischocyttarus is easily separated from the genus Polistes by the slender, petiolate first abdominal segment (in the United States and Canada only, there are some other genera in the neotropics that superficially resemble Mischocyttarus, you need a microscope to separate them).
… George Waldren, 10 October, 2007 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Great information -
thanks!
… Ashley Bradford, 11 October, 2007 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

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