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wasp in catio - Polistes fuscatus
Copyright © 2022 Robert Berrie

wasp in catio - Polistes fuscatus
Ridgeway, Wisconsin County, Wisconsin, USA
April 24, 2018
thought it was a european paper wasp (polistes domnula) But noticed the lighter eyes and the orange markings, It may be a northern paper wasp (polistes fuscatus). not sure if male or female...

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Contributed by Robert Berrie aka Bear on 4 January, 2022 - 2:33pm
Last updated 26 April, 2022 - 9:47pm

Moved
Moved from Umbrella Paper Wasps.
… bdagley, 26 April, 2022 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Polistes fuscatus
Note the lack of bright antennal flagellomeres, characteristic of P. dominula group paper wasps. As the antennae don't curl inward (see https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bmc_05/bmc05images/species/c77-8.jpg) this wasp is female.
… Brice C., 10 January, 2022 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 January, 2022 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

I believe you're right
It looks to me like P. fuscatus. To determine m/f, what might help is a facial shot or an underside shot. I'm guessing you didn't get any more shots than this, which is not optimal for gender determination. There might be ways other than face and underside shots, though.
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 4 January, 2022 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I was lucky to get these shot
I was lucky to get these shots back then when I didn't know what i was doing, hopefully I get better shots this year...
… Robert Berrie aka Bear, 5 January, 2022 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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