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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 Palisotius (Polistes Subgenus Palisotius) » Horse Paper Wasp (Polistes major) » Horse Paper Wasp (Polistes major major)
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Wasp - Polistes major - female
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Wasp - Polistes major - Female
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
December 14, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 18 December, 2007 - 9:36pm
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 3:21am

Moved
Moved from Horse's Paper Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 August, 2020 - 3:21am login or register to post comments

Polistes major
Superb shot of a female. Blessed Florida, still teeming of Insect life by mid-december...
… Richard Vernier, 19 December, 2007 - 3:55am login or register to post comments

Question??
What kind of a lens on your camera are you using?
… Melissa, 18 December, 2007 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Canon 40D, 100mm f2.8 macro a
Canon 40D, 100mm f2.8 macro and ring flash
… Tom Bentley, 18 December, 2007 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

The genus is Polistes (Paper
The genus is Polistes (Paper Wasps), but I'm not familiar with the species in Florida.
… Dennis Haines, 18 December, 2007 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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