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Large orange wasp - Polistes rubiginosus
Copyright © 2015 Dan Davison

Large orange wasp - Polistes rubiginosus
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
October 28, 2015
Size: 1 1/8 inch
Close-up of head - maybe this will help with ID?

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Contributed by Dan Davison on 29 October, 2015 - 9:49pm
Last updated 14 November, 2015 - 7:18pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 14 November, 2015 - 7:18pm

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