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Apache Paper Wasp (Polistes apachus)
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Copyright © 2007
Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew
Polistes apachus
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San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
July 29, 2007
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Contributed by
Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew
on 16 November, 2007 - 5:18pm
Last updated 8 March, 2008 - 9:21am
Polistes apachus, female (TX)
Too much yellow for bellicosus and fuscatus (note yellow spot on lower mesopleuron).
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Matthias Buck
, 16 November, 2007 - 5:23pm
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Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew
, 16 November, 2007 - 9:22pm
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A Paper Wasp (Polistes) foundress
Staying on her new nest. One freshly laid egg can be seen in the uppermost (uncompleted) cell. Polistes apachus seems a good match, but so many species occur in Texas,,,
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Richard Vernier
, 16 November, 2007 - 5:22pm
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Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew
, 16 November, 2007 - 9:23pm
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