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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) » Mischocyttarus » Western Paper Wasp (Mischocyttarus flavitarsis)

Species Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - Western Paper Wasp

Classification · Other Common Names
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis 01c - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - male Western Paper Wasp Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Mischocyttarus flavitarsis on nest - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female Paper wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - male Wasp2 - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Paper wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Genus Mischocyttarus
Species flavitarsis (Western Paper Wasp)
Other Common Names
Yellow-legged Paper Wasp
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 26 March, 2006 - 7:17am
Additional contributions by Andy - CritterZone
Last updated 4 February, 2010 - 11:38am

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