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Paper wasp - Polistes rubiginosus - male

Paper wasp - Polistes rubiginosus - Male
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
October 17, 2012

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Moved
Moved from Polistes. Nice image of a male P. rubiginosus! Males rarely have a yellow band on tergum 1. The mainly black scutum distinguishes it from P. carolina.

 
Polistes rubiginosus
Thanks!

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

A male paper wasp
in the Genus Polistes. I'm not sure which species this is

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