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Wasp - Polistes rubiginosus
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Wasp - Polistes rubiginosus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
November 1, 2009
Size: 16mm (5/8")
Polistes fuscatus?
Contributed by Sam Houston on 2 November, 2009 - 9:02am
Last updated 18 January, 2013 - 5:38pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 18 January, 2013 - 5:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 November, 2009 - 5:01pm

That is one odd color form
I suppose he could be fuscatus...
… Vespula Vulgaris, 2 November, 2009 - 7:48pm

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