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Paper Wasp? - Polistes aurifer - male
Copyright © 2006 Kildale

Paper Wasp? - Polistes aurifer - Male
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 5, 2006
This looked like a paper wasp as I have posted those before. This one however looked to have very different markings on it when I saw the pictures.

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Paper Wasp? - Polistes aurifer - male Paper Wasp? - Polistes aurifer
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Contributed by Kildale on 5 August, 2006 - 11:48pm
Last updated 14 April, 2008 - 2:03pm

Moved...
to guide page, per Eric's ID.
… Nick Fensler, 8 August, 2006 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

possibly P. fuscatus
Looks like to me.
… Tom Shermer, 6 August, 2006 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

 
P. aurifer.
Tom can't be faulted here, Polites aurifer was long considered a subspecies of P. fuscatus, and might be so again, depending on the whims of taxonomists:-) Outstanding image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2006 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Wasp ID
Thanks Eric for the post and the ID.
… Kildale, 7 August, 2006 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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