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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Polistes » Polistes apachus
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Polistes apachus
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Polistes apachus
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
February 15, 2008
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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 15 February, 2008 - 3:27pm
Last updated 15 February, 2008 - 6:33pm

Nice!
Still have that specimen?
… Tleilaxu, 15 February, 2008 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Tleilaxu- Thanks! This critte
Tleilaxu- Thanks! This critter is alive and by now has flown away!
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 15 February, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Darn another cool wasp eludes
Darn another cool wasp eludes my grasp, ;) well at least it will start a nest somewhere... Awesome pic though!
… Tleilaxu, 15 February, 2008 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

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