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Polistes nest - Polistes arizonensis
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

Polistes nest - Polistes arizonensis
Tucson, Sweetwater wetland, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2007
This nest was under the roof of a ramada at the ponds at the treatment plant. I think it's P. instabilis because of the very thin yellow stripes on the abdomen
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 30 July, 2007 - 8:25pm
Last updated 6 September, 2007 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes instabilis.
… Matthias Buck, 6 September, 2007 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Polistes arizonensis nest (AZ)
Wow, thanks for posting the first image of this rarely observed and collected species! Note that the sides of the thorax (mesopleuron) are red and yellow, not black and yellow as in P. instabilis. BTW: In the U.S. the latter is so far only known from southern TX.
… Matthias Buck, 6 September, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Collect one?
This nest is probably stil there, and not too far from my home, should I collect some specimen? Maybe for the U o A, I'll ask Carl Olson. Thanks for revisiting my wasps!
… margarethe brummermann, 6 September, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Specimens
Margarethe: I would love to have some specimens for our research collection (Univ. of Guelph, Ontario), one of the largest insect collections in Canada. I am one of only a very few people doing active taxonomic research on North American Polistes. Unfortunately, we have no specimens of this species in our collection. If you could send me some it would be extremely useful for my research.
… Matthias Buck, 10 September, 2007 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes specimen
I wil try to get some if the nest is still there, even though Eric Eaton thinks that I might get stung. How should I preserve and ship them? Ethanol?
… margarethe brummermann, 10 September, 2007 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Kontakt
Margarethe: Du kannst mich auch privat anschreiben: mbuck@uoguelph.ca. Dann können wir die Details klären. Deine e-mail Adresse habe ich (noch) nicht.
… Matthias Buck, 11 September, 2007 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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