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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)

Subgenus Aphanilopterus

 
 
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Ringed Paper Wasp · Arizona Paper Wasp · Bahamian Paper Wasp · Neotropical Red Paper Wasp · Comanche Paper Wasp

Species Polistes annularis - Ringed Paper Wasp
Wasp on copper wire - Polistes annularis - female another picture - Polistes annularis - female Polistes fuscatus? - Polistes annularis - male Paper wasps - Polistes annularis Polistes - Polistes annularis - female east Texas purple/gold paper wasp - Polistes annularis - female wasp - Polistes annularis Is this Polistes metricus? - Polistes annularis

Species Polistes arizonensis - Arizona Paper Wasp
Some type of wasp - Polistes arizonensis - female Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - female Wasp mimic? - Polistes arizonensis Wasp mimic? - Polistes arizonensis which Polistes? - Polistes arizonensis which Polistes? - Polistes arizonensis Polistes arizonensis? - Polistes arizonensis Polistes arizonensis

Species Polistes bahamensis - Bahamian Paper Wasp
Paper Wasp - Polistes bahamensis Paper wasp - Polistes bahamensis - female Polistes ID request - Polistes bahamensis Polistes ID request - Polistes bahamensis Wasps of some sort. - Polistes bahamensis Polistes bahamensis? - Polistes bahamensis Polistes? - Polistes bahamensis Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female

Species Polistes canadensis - Neotropical Red Paper Wasp
Polistes major castaneicolor or canadensis? - Polistes canadensis - female Polistes major castaneicolor or canadensis? - Polistes canadensis - female Polistes canadensis? - Polistes canadensis Polistes canadensis? - Polistes canadensis Polistes canadensis? - Polistes canadensis Male, Polistes? - Polistes canadensis - male Male, Polistes? - Polistes canadensis - male Male, Polistes major castaneicolor? - Polistes canadensis

Species Polistes comanchus - Comanche Paper Wasp
Polistes species ID? - Polistes comanchus - male Wasp - Polistes comanchus Wasp - Polistes comanchus paper wasp ? - Polistes comanchus paper wasp ? - Polistes comanchus Polistes comanchus comanchus - Polistes comanchus Polistes comanchus navajoe - Polistes comanchus - female Polistes - Polistes comanchus - female

 
 
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