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Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps

Brachygastra · Mischocyttarus · Polistes

Genus Brachygastra
Honey Wasps - Brachygastra mellifica Vespidae Brachygastra - Brachygastra mellifica - female Vespidae Brachygastra nest - Brachygastra mellifica Large Mexican Honey Wasp Nest - Brachygastra mellifica Large Mexican Honey Wasp Nest - Brachygastra mellifica Unknown little wasp? - Brachygastra mellifica Mexican Honey Wasps - Brachygastra mellifica

Genus Mischocyttarus
Confirm this as Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Mischocyttarus mexicanus Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis not Pol*istes - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female Mischocyttarus phthisicus - female Mischocyttarus flavitarsis 01a - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - male Mischocyttarus flavitarsis 01a - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - male Yellow jacket of some sort? - Mischocyttarus mexicanus

Genus Polistes
What Polistes is this? - Polistes dorsalis - female Another wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female A wasp to ID - Polistes dominula Polistes Starting a Nest - Polistes exclamans - female Paper Wasp - Polistes - female European Paper Wasp larvae - Polistes dominula Polistes? - Polistes aurifer Black Wasp Hive? - Polistes metricus


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