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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Yellow Paper Wasp (Polistes flavus)
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Polistes - Polistes flavus - male
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Polistes - Polistes flavus - Male
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
September 2, 2015

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 15 November, 2015 - 4:56pm
Last updated 19 November, 2015 - 1:13pm

Really cool shot
of a beautiful species! Is this the same individual as the others?
… Matthias Buck, 19 November, 2015 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It's been a while and I do not remember exactly. There were several specimens along the trail. All these wasps along the trail looked identical to my untrained eye.
… Salvador Vitanza, 19 November, 2015 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Unlinked
Then I will unlink this one. Bugguide convention is to link only images that show the same individual. Otherwise one can get mixed up with species IDs.
… Matthias Buck, 19 November, 2015 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
It makes sense.
Thank you Matthias for unlinking the images!
… Salvador Vitanza, 19 November, 2015 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

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