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Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Donna K Race

Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - Female
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
October 16, 2006
Identified based on other images that have been identified and commented upon by Richard and Eric. Please let me know which other images to eliminate if I am correct. This is one image of two of this specimen, and was close to this male when taken.

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Contributed by Donna K Race on 17 October, 2006 - 12:14pm
Last updated 24 October, 2006 - 10:06am

Moved
Moved from Polistes metricus.
… Donna K Race, 24 October, 2006 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Polistes fuscatus, female (probably)
This female belongs to a colour phase that is extremely similar to P. metricus (I have seen many such specimens from VA and WV, some of them I found improssible to identify). Given the fact that the associated male clearly is fuscatus and that P. metricus should have more ferruginous on the scutum and propodeum I am leaning towards P. fuscatus in this case.
… Matthias Buck, 24 October, 2006 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Will move to the correct page. As a note of interest, this female does not appear to be parasitized, as is this one taken three days later,on Oct. 19th.
… Donna K Race, 24 October, 2006 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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