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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) » Polistes bellicosus
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Paper Wasps - Polistes bellicosus
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Paper Wasps - Polistes bellicosus
Avon Park, Highland County, Florida, USA
January 11, 2006
Didn't pay attention to the flowers - that was the bees' domain. Wanted the buds but I couldn't detect what they were gathering.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 13 January, 2006 - 8:52pm
Last updated 19 April, 2007 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 19 April, 2007 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Polistes bellicosus (FL)
A typical specimen of this species.
… Matthias Buck, 11 April, 2007 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Please unlink.
We link only images of the same specimen. You may even have different genders here:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 January, 2006 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
:(
Hummmm . . . gender confusion again.
… Steve Scott, 17 January, 2006 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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