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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) » Hunter's Little Paper Wasp (Polistes dorsalis) » Polistes dorsalis dorsalis
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Polistes? - Polistes dorsalis - female
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Polistes? - Polistes dorsalis - Female
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
February 24, 2006

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 26 February, 2006 - 10:00am
Last updated 30 December, 2015 - 10:40pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes dorsalis.
… Matthias Buck, 30 December, 2015 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

Polistes dorsalis
This is P. dorsalis. The species is common in Florida and has less developed yellow markings than P. exclamans. P. bellicosus has less developed black markings.
… Matthias Buck, 10 April, 2006 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
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Great to get an ID. Unfortunately I am not an editor, so I cannot make a page.
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 10 April, 2006 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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Thanks for the compliments! Of course any disagreements are in the spirit of mutual improvement in our entomologizing!
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 26 February, 2006 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Great picture!
Yep that's definitely a Polistes wasp. We have tons around my house and they always make large nests in our attic. Really great picture by the way!
… Isaac Neeley, 26 February, 2006 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
sean
sean is one of the best photographers on the site. his pictures never fail to amuse. i just hate disagreeing with him.
… Omar Fahmy, 26 February, 2006 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

Polistes
Yes that is a Polistes wasp - I can not remember the species out of my head right now, but it is a common species. But the real great thing is that it is stylopized! It has a Strepsiptera parasite in its abdomen between the 4th and 5th abdominal segment, you can see the small brown thing sticking out. It is a female or a pupa of a male of the genus Xenos.
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 26 February, 2006 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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