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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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Unknown wasp (Polistes?) - Polistes dorsalis - male
Copyright © 2016 Ted Lee Eubanks

Unknown wasp (Polistes?) - Polistes dorsalis - Male
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 2, 2016

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Contributed by Ted Lee Eubanks on 4 June, 2016 - 8:27pm
Last updated 6 June, 2016 - 12:11pm

Remarkable
I agree with the ID. It is a highly unusual individual considering the locality. There should be at least some red on the mesosoma.
… Matthias Buck, 6 June, 2016 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes. Pale antennal tips rule out fuscatus. Not enough red for bellicosus.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 6 June, 2016 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Red spots on abdomen, perhaps
Red spots on abdomen, perhaps Polistes fuscatus?
… Ted Lee Eubanks, 4 June, 2016 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 June, 2016 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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