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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 Aphanilopterus (Polistes Subgenus Aphanilopterus) » Arizona Paper Wasp (Polistes arizonensis)
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Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - female
Copyright © 2010 Mitch Ross

Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - Female
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
September 6, 2010
Size: approx 2 inches
Can someone identify species for me? TY!

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Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - female Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - female
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Contributed by Mitch Ross on 7 September, 2010 - 5:44pm
Last updated 19 March, 2018 - 8:55pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 1 April, 2011 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 September, 2010 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Any more photos?
A shot straight-down from above - or one showing patterns on thorax and abdomen - would aid in ID.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 September, 2010 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Can't give you the species...
...but it looks like a Polistes of some kind. Others may be able to take the ID further.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 September, 2010 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm 90% sure
That this large Paper Wasp is a Polistes arizonensis (a female specimen, anyway). But waiting for Dr Buck's expertise is safer.
Anyway, these two nice close-up are worthy to be kept on BG, not frassed.
… Richard Vernier, 9 September, 2010 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

 
TY
much...
… Mitch Ross, 7 September, 2010 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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