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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 annularis
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High Point Paper Wasp (Polistes annularis) - Polistes annularis
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High Point Paper Wasp (Polistes annularis) - Polistes annularis
High Point, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
October 20, 2009
Polistes annularis

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Contributed by T0mbo on 20 October, 2009 - 5:43pm
Last updated 21 October, 2009 - 1:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 21 October, 2009 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

You sure this is from NJ?
I do not recognize those markings... The multi-color antennae and the thick yellow stripe after T1 (usually not as thick in fuscatus). But what else could it be in NJ?

I am very interested to hear what Mathias Buck has to say. There also appears to be some odd coloration or depression on the thorax
… Vespula vulgaris, 20 October, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be Polistes annularis
I think this is Polistes annularis based on the key to northeast species of Polistes.
… John F. Carr, 20 October, 2009 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
That's probably it
I did not realize annularis occured in NJ. My mistake
… Vespula vulgaris, 21 October, 2009 - 5:52am login or register to post comments

 
Polistes annularis
is correct.
… Matthias Buck, 21 October, 2009 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes-Seen on the High Point Monument
This wasp was seen on the walkway of the High Point Monument. I added a second image.
… T0mbo, 20 October, 2009 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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