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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 Aphanilopterus (Polistes Subgenus Aphanilopterus) » Comanche Paper Wasp (Polistes comanchus) » Polistes comanchus comanchus
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Unknown Wasp - Polistes comanchus - female
Copyright © 2008 sanka

Unknown Wasp - Polistes comanchus - Female
Terlingua, TX, Brewster County, Texas, USA
May 25, 2008
Size: 1"
Any help on the genus/species? I saw dozens of these wasps, all with the same color pattern that is unfamiliar to me.
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Contributed by sanka on 28 May, 2008 - 6:22pm
Last updated 27 July, 2017 - 5:25pm

Polistes
in the genus polistes. i have no idea as to which species, though. it is a very beautiful wasp hopefully somebody will know which species!
… Vespula Vulgaris, 28 May, 2008 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes comanchus comanchus
Nice shot!
… George Waldren, 28 May, 2008 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

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