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Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
July 8, 2009
Observed on onion.
No dorsal view.
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 19 July, 2009 - 12:36am
Last updated 21 January, 2013 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 21 January, 2013 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynn Bergen, 20 July, 2009 - 10:55pm

Not an expert -
but appears to be vespoid. Maybe a paper wasp?
… Ken Schneider, 19 July, 2009 - 12:51am

 
Thanks Ken
Maybe Polistes fuscatus or something like it.
To bad I don't have a better view of it.
… Lynn Bergen, 19 July, 2009 - 4:28am

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