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Paper Wasp - Polistes aurifer
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Paper Wasp - Polistes aurifer
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
March 31, 2008
I think this is Polistes aurifer. I captured it flying off a door handle.

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 9 April, 2008 - 6:54pm
Last updated 10 April, 2008 - 9:35am

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 10 April, 2008 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

 
this is a
realy cool image! ;) i have tried to get pics of wasps in flight and it is not easy!
… Vespula vulgaris, 14 April, 2008 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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