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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) » Hunter's Little Paper Wasp (Polistes dorsalis)
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Wasp from West Texas High Desert Davis Mountains - Polistes dorsalis - male
Copyright © 2016 Dick Locke

Wasp from West Texas High Desert Davis Mountains - Polistes dorsalis - Male
Near Fort Davis/Alpine area in Texas, Texas, USA
September 10, 2015
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Contributed by Dick Locke on 2 January, 2016 - 9:01am
Last updated 2 January, 2016 - 8:34pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 2 January, 2016 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Polistes ?dorsalis, male
Nice shot! I suspect it is dorsalis. Do you have additional pictures?
… Matthias Buck, 2 January, 2016 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Matthias. I have a fe
Thanks Matthias. I have a few additional pictures of that individual but the view is essentially the same. I am guessing a similar wasp with a black "back" is a female of the species. I added a picture here:
http://www.dl-digital.com/Page-Two/Wasps.htm

-Dick Locke
… Dick Locke, 2 January, 2016 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Love your website! The image below this one is a different species (Polistes aurifer, also male), note the black antenna tips.

For what its' worth: the yellowjacket at the bottom of the page is Vespula squamosa.
… Matthias Buck, 2 January, 2016 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks and web site updated
Matthias,

Many thanks for the info/corrections. I've updated my Wasp page appropriately!

http://www.dl-digital.com/Page-Two/Wasps.htm

-Dick Locke
… Dick Locke, 2 January, 2016 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 January, 2016 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

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