Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
Details...
 
Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Polistes » Polistes aurifer
Photo#153500
fuscatus? - Polistes aurifer - female
Copyright © 2007 Sean McCann

fuscatus? - Polistes aurifer - Female
Burnaby, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
October 23, 2007

Images of this individual: tag all
fuscatus? - Polistes aurifer - female fuscatus? - Polistes aurifer - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Sean McCann on 23 October, 2007 - 12:07pm
Last updated 23 October, 2007 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Northern Paper Wasp.
… Matthias Buck, 23 October, 2007 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Polistes aurifer, female (BC)
P. aurifer replaces P. fuscatus in the west. Note that the antennae are all red (darkened dorsally in fuscatus). For what it's worth: I don't believe that aurifer is a good species. It is probably just a western subspecies of fuscatus (that's what is was treated as a few decades ago).
… Matthias Buck, 23 October, 2007 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
..
Thanks! I will keep that antennal characteristic in mind.
… Sean McCann, 23 October, 2007 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

yep...
looks like it.
… vespula vulgaris, 23 October, 2007 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
...
Thanks!
… Sean McCann, 23 October, 2007 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2008 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact