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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)

Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps

Brachygastra · Mischocyttarus · Polistes

Genus Brachygastra
Honey Wasps - Brachygastra mellifica Vespidae Brachygastra - Brachygastra mellifica - female Large Mexican Honey Wasp Nest - Brachygastra mellifica Large Mexican Honey Wasp Nest - Brachygastra mellifica Unknown little wasp? - Brachygastra mellifica Wasp or bee? - Brachygastra mellifica Wasp or bee? - Brachygastra mellifica UID INSECT - Brachygastra mellifica

Genus Mischocyttarus
True wasps - Mischocyttarus mexicanus Mischocyttarus flavitarsis in search of caterpillars - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female not Pol*istes - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female Yellow jacket of some sort? - Mischocyttarus mexicanus Wasp opening a Hemerophila diva cocoon - Mischocyttarus mexicanus - female Wasp2 - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus navajo - female Wasp?? - Mischocyttarus mexicanus

Genus Polistes
European Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula Paper wasp for California in August - Polistes exclamans - female Reallity Check: Is this Polistes dorsalis californicus? - Polistes dorsalis - male Wasp and aphids - Polistes fuscatus Polistes - Polistes dorsalis Polistes wasp - Polistes metricus - male Early wasp? - Polistes dorsalis Multi-foundress association - Polistes fuscatus


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