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Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp (Polistes rubiginosus)
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Copyright © 2015
Dan Davison
Large orange wasp -
Polistes rubiginosus
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
October 28, 2015
Size: 1 1/8 inch
Large reddish orange wasp with yellow face.
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Contributed by
Dan Davison
on 28 October, 2015 - 8:07pm
Last updated 14 November, 2015 - 7:18pm
Moved
Moved from
Polistes
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Matthias Buck
, 14 November, 2015 - 7:18pm
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Moved
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 28 October, 2015 - 8:10pm
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Male Polistes sp.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 28 October, 2015 - 8:09pm
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Polistes metricus?
Possibly Polistes metricus but seems too orange - not enough black on abdomen. Could it be a very your wasp that will get darker as it ages?
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Dan Davison
, 29 October, 2015 - 9:38pm
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