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Polistes? - Polistes metricus
Copyright © 2017 James Tyler Bell

Polistes? - Polistes metricus
Edgewater/SERC, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
January 11, 2017
Size: 1.5 cm
I found this wasp crawling rather lethargically on the walkway outside. Can't figure out the species. Is it a Polistes? Thanks!

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Contributed by James Tyler Bell on 11 January, 2017 - 12:58pm
Last updated 25 April, 2023 - 11:49am

Moved
Moved from Umbrella Paper Wasps.
… bdagley, 25 April, 2023 - 11:49am

Tough one
I am inclined to call it metricus but I can't rule out fuscatus, parametricus or hirsuticornis.
… Matthias Buck, 25 February, 2017 - 5:42pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 January, 2017 - 4:28pm

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