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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) » Polistes bellicosus
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Wasp IMG_0438 - Polistes bellicosus
Copyright © 2012 Steve Nanz

Wasp IMG_0438 - Polistes bellicosus
Sanibel, Lee County, Florida, USA
March 5, 2012
Polistes bellicosus?
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 April, 2012 - 1:00pm
Last updated 21 January, 2013 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 21 January, 2013 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Can these be found in the north east? I posted an example from NJ here but I think it's a female and therefor perhaps not identifiable.
… Steve Nanz, 23 January, 2013 - 3:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paper Wasps.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 15 December, 2012 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 17 June, 2012 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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