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Polistes - Polistes metricus - female
Copyright © 2016 Ken Bosso

Polistes - Polistes metricus - Female
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 2, 2016
Found on Milkweed eating a Monarch caterpillar.
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Contributed by Ken Bosso on 3 August, 2016 - 12:22pm
Last updated 26 April, 2018 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 20 December, 2016 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Northern Paper Wasp. This is either P. fuscatus or P. metricus. The two can be quite tricky to distinguish in LA
… Vespula Vulgaris, 3 August, 2016 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes metricus
I believe this is metricus because of the irregular red area on tergum 2. Fuscatus tends to have more round red spots.
… Matthias Buck, 20 December, 2016 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

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