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Wasp visiting radish leaf covered with slug(?) poop - Polistes exclamans
Copyright © 2020 Tim Deering

Wasp visiting radish leaf covered with slug(?) poop - Polistes exclamans
Alexander, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
It looked like a Yellowjacket but does not seem to fit

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Wasp visiting radish leaf covered with slug(?) poop - Polistes exclamans Wasp visiting radish leaf covered with slug(?) poop - Polistes exclamans
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Contributed by Tim Deering on 23 June, 2020 - 2:23pm
Last updated 14 July, 2020 - 7:58pm

Moved
Moved from Paper Wasps.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 14 July, 2020 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 25 June, 2020 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Sighting date is missing.
Please click on "edit" under each image and add to the Date field.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 June, 2020 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Polistes
Looks like a paper wasp. Do you have any pictures that show the face/front half better?
… Nathaniel Green, 23 June, 2020 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
No, These were the only ones.
No, These were the only ones. I'll look for this visitor and repost. Thanks.
… Tim Deering, 23 June, 2020 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Additional photos.
Photos include the source of the wasp's interest in radishes, Pieris rapae larvae.
… Tim Deering, 26 June, 2020 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
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Tim, if these are not the same individual please unlink the new and old images.
… Nathaniel Green, 26 June, 2020 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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