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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 » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Hunter's Little Paper Wasp (Polistes dorsalis)

Species Polistes dorsalis - Hunter's Little Paper Wasp

California Paper Wasp · Polistes dorsalis dorsalis

Subspecies Polistes dorsalis californicus - California Paper Wasp
A very cooperative Polistes dorsalis californicus - Polistes dorsalis - male Early wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - female Polistes dorsalis californicus (?) - Polistes dorsalis - female Which Polistes sp is this? - Polistes dorsalis - male Lethargic Polistes - Polistes dorsalis Paper Wasps - Polistes dorsalis - female Polistes - Polistes dorsalis Polistes - Polistes dorsalis

Subspecies Polistes dorsalis dorsalis
Paper Wasp - Polistes dorsalis - female Antennal coloration - Polistes dorsalis - male Wasp on Aster Flower - Polistes dorsalis Wasp unknown - Polistes dorsalis - male wasp - Polistes dorsalis Polistes dorsalis? - Polistes dorsalis - male Maybe Polistes bellicosus ? - Polistes dorsalis Paper Wasp - Polistes dorsalis


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