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Species Polistes fuscatus - Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Bill Claff

Species Polistes fuscatus - Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - Female
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
September 4, 2006
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 6 September, 2006 - 8:24pm
Last updated 24 October, 2006 - 12:38pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Bill Claff, 24 October, 2006 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Polistes fuscatus, female
Dark form of this species.
… Matthias Buck, 24 October, 2006 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the confirmation. Moved to the more specific Guide page.
… Bill Claff, 24 October, 2006 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Paper wasp.
This is a female paper wasp (despite being social, paper wasps don't have true "queens"), and probably the species Polistes fuscatus. Nice image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 September, 2006 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
How would you feel about
(Polistes dominulus) European Paper Wasp since I have several of those from the same location and date?
… Bill Claff, 7 September, 2006 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Not dominulus
I think that Eric is right. This one doesn't look like the European paper wasp at all.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 September, 2006 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I don't know what I was thinking :-)
… Bill Claff, 17 September, 2006 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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