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Genus Polistes - Umbrella Paper Wasps


Polistes exclamans? - Polistes exclamans - female Polistes exclamens? - Polistes exclamans Yellow and Red Insect - Polistes exclamans wasp? - Polistes exclamans Polistes instabilis  - Polistes instabilis Polistes exclamans? - Polistes exclamans Polistes exclamans Paper Wasp - Polistes exclamans

Polistes fuscatus during routine maintenance - Polistes fuscatus - female Paper Wasp? - Polistes aurifer Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Polistes » Polistes aurifer - Polistes aurifer Polistes sp. - Polistes fuscatus - female Polistes metricus Oklahoma Polistes - Polistes apachus - female Wasp w/ red dots  - Polistes fuscatus Golden Paper Wasp - Polistes aurifer

Polistes carnifex Polistes carnifex Wasp? - Polistes carnifex - female

Paper Wasp - Polistes major Polistes and nest - Polistes major Polistes major Polistes major castaneicolor - Polistes major Polistes (canadensis? major?) - Polistes major Polistes (canadensis? major?) - Polistes major Polistes major castaneicolor? - Polistes major What type of wasp? - Polistes major

Wasp nest. - Polistes dominula Skinning a caterpillar - Polistes dominula European Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula European paper wasp? - Polistes dominula Yellow-legged wasp - Polistes dominula wasp - Polistes dominula Polistes dominula - female An interesting wasp.  Just happened to notice it - Polistes dominula