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Brown and Yellow Wasp - Polistes bellicosus -

Anahuac NWR, Chambers County, Texas, USA
October 27, 2007

Contributed by David Sarkozi on 28 October, 2007 - 3:52pm
Last updated 1 November, 2007 - 4:26pm

Polistes cf. bellicosus, male (TX)

P. exclamans can be excluded based on the uniformly coloured antenna. P. dorsalis never has yellow spots on tergum 2. My best guess is P. bellicosus (note reddish male antenna). The yellow spots on tergum 2 are somewhat unsual for this species. P. apachus is similar but has even more yellow, especially on the pronotum.

… Matthias Buck, 29 October, 2007 - 5:17pm

Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.) - male

This time, I won't venture to species level.

… Richard Vernier, 28 October, 2007 - 5:23pm

dorsalis

or exclamans would be my best guess...

… Vespula Vulgaris, 28 October, 2007 - 6:36pm

I lean towards exclamans

I lean towards exclamans, that was initially my guess

… David Sarkozi, 28 October, 2007 - 6:47pm

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