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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp (Polistes rubiginosus)
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Red Wasp - Polistes rubiginosus - male
Copyright © 2005 Lois Stacey

Red Wasp - Polistes rubiginosus - Male
Augusta - Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
November 4, 2005
Identified by scrolling through the guide. I want to make sure I've identified it right.
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Contributed by Lois Stacey on 14 November, 2005 - 8:57pm
Last updated 14 July, 2023 - 5:17pm

Moved
Moved from carolina or rubiginosus.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 14 July, 2023 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Red Wasp.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 February, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

Polistes carolina
Is it possible for these guys to have yellow eyes? There's a nest in my eves outside, but it's hidden. There are lookouts, and I swear that they have yellow eyes, and they really creep me out.
… tn_lovett, 8 August, 2006 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Right
A male warming up on a sunny November day. No other North-American species has a wholly orange-brown gaster.
By the way, the valid spell is probably P. carolinus rather than P. carolina, just as for Eumenes fraternus.
… Richard Vernier, 15 November, 2005 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
Polistes carolina
As I understand it, the spelling Polistes carolina is valid if the specific epithet is a noun in apposition rather than an adjective modifying the generic name (ICZN Article 31.2.1/34.2.1).
… Chuck Entz, 15 November, 2005 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks, I'll change it.
… Lois Stacey, 15 November, 2005 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

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