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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Polistes bellicosus
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Red & Yellow wasp - Polistes bellicosus - male
Copyright © 2008 Penny Crispin

Red & Yellow wasp - Polistes bellicosus - Male
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
November 29, 2007
Resembles a paper wasp, but could not find a match in the bugguide photos. Help to ID, please.
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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 24 March, 2008 - 12:34am
Last updated 4 February, 2009 - 2:47pm

P. bellicosus
I occasionally find P. bellicosus that have spots on T2 in eastern Texas. It is not common though.

Moved from Polistes.
… George Waldren, 27 July, 2008 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

Polistes aurifer? (TX)
Definitely an interesting wasp. It might be P. aurifer which should have more yellow on terga 3-6, or P. bellicosus but the yellow spots on tergum 2 are very unusual for that species. The pale antennae eliminate P. fuscatus. Yellow spots on T2 eliminate P. dorsalis. Not enough yellow for P. apachus.
… Matthias Buck, 24 March, 2008 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

well,
it is a male polistes wasp. could it be an oddly colored P. fuscatus? i'm realy not sure.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 24 March, 2008 - 5:50am login or register to post comments

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