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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) » carolina or rubiginosus (Polistes carolina or rubiginosus)
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Polistes
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Polistes
Galveston, Chambers County, Texas, USA
March 2, 2008
At the beach.
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 15 April, 2008 - 6:14pm
Last updated 7 February, 2009 - 7:06pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 February, 2009 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… Graham Montgomery, 16 April, 2008 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

One of both...
so-called "Red Wasps", i.e. either P. carolina or P. perplexus. Although I'd rather lean for the former, I don't think a positive ID is possible without seeing the propodeum.
… Richard Vernier, 16 April, 2008 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the help. I'll move it to the genus page. Thanks again!
… Graham Montgomery, 16 April, 2008 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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