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Red Wasp? - Polistes - female
Copyright © 2006 The Longs

Red Wasp? - Polistes - Female
The Woodlands, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
June 6, 2006
This was climbing around in the wildflowers by the water in the back of our yard this evening around twilight.

(This clear image is to make up for the fuzzy wasp I posted earlier. :) )
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Contributed by The Longs on 6 June, 2006 - 8:51pm
Last updated 7 February, 2009 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Red Wasp.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 February, 2009 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 20 April, 2007 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Polistes carolina or perplexus, female (TX)
The two species can't be separated based on images.
… Matthias Buck, 20 April, 2007 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Polistes.
Defnitely a paper wasp, but when you get to Texas you can throw all the rules out the window. Diversity just goes through the roof. I'd be happy to key out actual specimens for anyone who wants to send me some.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2006 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

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