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Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus navajo - female
Copyright © 2008 Tom Bentley

Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus navajo - Female
Madera Canyon - Coronado NF, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 12, 2008
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 24 November, 2008 - 8:26pm
Last updated 25 November, 2008 - 6:53am

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Tom Bentley, 25 November, 2008 - 6:53am login or register to post comments

Mischocyttarus navajo - female
Distinguished from close relative M. flavitarsis by much darker wings. A somewhat tricky posture: I too first thought this was Polistes comanchus, before seeing 1rst urite is actually narrow, and not hidden by the wings.
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