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Polistes bellicosus
Photo#234284
Copyright © 2008
Tom Bentley
Paper Wasp -
Polistes bellicosus
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Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 4, 2008
Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 17 October, 2008 - 7:36pm
Last updated 3 November, 2021 - 11:11pm
Moved
Moved from
red-yellow problem spms, TX
. It is bellicosus. Individuals with spotted tergum 2 (and sometimes following) are fairly common at the western edge of the range in central and southcentral Texas.
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Matthias Buck
, 3 November, 2021 - 11:11pm
Maybe Polistes apachus
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1178234/bgimage
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NatureLover
, 3 November, 2021 - 10:05pm
Moved
Moved from
Polistes
.
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Matthias Buck
, 1 January, 2016 - 4:37pm
Polistes, red female (TX)
Perhaps P. bellicosus but the yellow spots on the terga are unusual. This could be geographic variation. I have seen wasps with similar pattern from TX before. Another possibility would be P. aurifer.
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Matthias Buck
, 26 October, 2008 - 3:40pm
P bellicosus
I think bellicosus as well. Ive seen images of western specimens which seem to have an extensive amount of yellow, so it could just be a color variation.
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k jkh
, 27 May, 2014 - 8:46am
confer SCAN / iNaturalist
For what it's worth, the University of Florida's Symbiotica Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) identifies a highly similar specimen from Texas as
P. bellicosus
based on data from iNaturalist. Further identification notes aren't provided, though, which is a shame.
http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=613402
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 26 July, 2017 - 4:46am
Red/yellow Polistes
The image you are referring to was taken in the Dallas area. There, another species occurs (whose correct name is probably P. texanus). It is much more likely that this is the species on the image. So it is likely misidentified. Polistes 'texanus' does not occur in south Texas.
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Matthias Buck
, 26 July, 2017 - 9:31am