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Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp (Polistes rubiginosus)
Photo#325804
Copyright © 2009
David A. Copeland
Wasp - Red - - Right Dorsal -
Polistes rubiginosus
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North Shelby, Birmingham 35244, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
June 7, 2009
In material examined by us both sexes of P. perplexus show consistently coarser transverse ridging of the propodeum than P. carolina.
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Contributed by
David A. Copeland
on 27 August, 2009 - 3:05pm