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Photo#247496
Large Polistes - Polistes
Copyright © 2008 Loren & Babs Padelford

Large Polistes - Polistes
NABA Butterfly Gardens, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
December 24, 2008
Size: approximately 1.5"
We think this might be the same species as photo #247493. This is a different individual but in approximately the same location.

Thanks for any help!

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 2 January, 2009 - 9:42pm
Last updated 3 January, 2009 - 12:52pm

Wow.
Might be Polistes major? I collected something very similar in Arizona this year (didn't know it, either, until I went to pin it), so I'll be curious what Matthias Buck says.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 January, 2009 - 2:57pm

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