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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 Polistes (Polistes Subgenus Polistes) » European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
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A black&white European Paper Wasp? - Polistes dominula
Copyright © 2022 Bob OBrien

A black&white European Paper Wasp? - Polistes dominula
Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
September 23, 2022
I've photographed innumerable EPWs but never seen one like this wherein the yellow is replaced by white. Could this be a Teneral? My knowledge of such is nil. Unfortunately only a single photo as I didn't realize what was in the viewfinder until later.
On invasive English Ivy with flowers just about to open. They will be big attractants in the dry, bloomless areas hereabout.
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Contributed by Bob OBrien on 1 October, 2022 - 10:37pm

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… bdagley, 1 October, 2022 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Looks yellow on my screen, bu
Looks yellow on my screen, but recently emerged individuals do tend to be paler. However, tenerals also don't usually leave the nest much. Perhaps it's just an aberrant individual, I found a male P. fuscatus with solid black eyes recently, while they're usually supposed to be yellowish.
… Hexapoda, 1 October, 2022 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

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