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Snuggle Buddy - or - Brunch? - Polistes dominula
Copyright © 2010 Andrew Williams

Snuggle Buddy - or - Brunch? - Polistes dominula
Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
July 11, 2006
Interesting pair. Open for comments. :-)
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 14 March, 2010 - 3:33pm
Last updated 15 March, 2010 - 10:43am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 15 March, 2010 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

A lesson
This is what happens to small insects who wander too close to vespids:


For yours, maybe European Paper Wasp?? Based on orange antennae.
… John F. Carr, 14 March, 2010 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
nice shot /macro
Your wasp must be pretty small, based on the aphid. I discovered my aphid in the pic far later, so I didn't see how it turned out. I do have pics of the Euro paper wasps eating other insects though.
… Andrew Williams, 15 March, 2010 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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