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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » carolina or rubiginosus (Polistes carolina or rubiginosus)
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Paper Wasp - Polistes
Copyright © 2007 J>N>Dell

Paper Wasp - Polistes
South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
April 23, 2007

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Contributed by J>N>Dell on 25 April, 2007 - 6:24pm
Last updated 7 February, 2009 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Red Wasp.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 February, 2009 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 3 May, 2007 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks MP. I appreciate your
Thanks MP. I appreciate your help.
… J>N>Dell, 3 May, 2007 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

P. perplexus or P. carolina.
The two all-red paper wasps of the south-central and southeast U.S. are essentially identical except for differences in the texture of the oculo-malar space (between eye and jaw in lateral view), and the gena ("cheek" behind the eye). That character is only visible under magnification.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 April, 2007 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks.
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