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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) » Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
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Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Fiegle

Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - Female
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
June 4, 2010
Feeding on Butterfly Weed

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Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female
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Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 1 January, 2011 - 2:00am
Last updated 28 December, 2012 - 3:37am

Female.
Female.
… Jeff Hole, 1 January, 2011 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Do females of this species have a brown face, and males have a yellow face?
… Kelly Fiegle, 2 January, 2011 - 3:49am login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
Males will typically be mostly yellow on the "face" while females will be some combination of reddish and black. However, sex here is easily determined by the number of abdominal segments; females have six and males have seven. Also, the antennae are clearly those of a female.
… Jeff Hole, 2 January, 2011 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

 
Great information!
Thanks, Jeff. This is VERY helpful information! Is there any way it could be included in the Info Tab for the species?
… Kelly Fiegle, 2 January, 2011 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
It is mentioned
in the info tab for the Polistes Genus.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 31 January, 2011 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

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