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Polistes? - Polistes dominula
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Polistes? - Polistes dominula
near Quincy, Plumas County, California, USA
June 28, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 July, 2006 - 9:53am
Last updated 10 July, 2006 - 8:38am

Polistes dominulus (Vespidae)
European immigrant, Check here.
… Adalbert Goertz, 9 July, 2006 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Adalbert
It just looked a little darker than the ones I'm used to seeing back east.
… tom murray, 10 July, 2006 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

Is This An Ironman Record?
Has anyone else contributed photos from both east and west coasts in the same day? No jet lag? Amazing fellah!
… Bob Patterson, 9 July, 2006 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

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