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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 Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Hunter's Little Paper Wasp (Polistes dorsalis)
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Is this a Paper Wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - male
Copyright © 2009 Dave Mangham

Is this a Paper Wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - Male
Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 3, 2009
Having looked through the guide the closest I can find is Mischocyttarus flavitarsus - Paper Wasp. Is this even close?

This was sharing the plant with Carpenter Bees, Milkweed Bugs, and Great Golden Digger Wasps.

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Is this a Paper Wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - male Is this a Paper Wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - male
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Contributed by Dave Mangham on 20 September, 2009 - 11:30am
Last updated 19 April, 2017 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Polistes aurifer. Note shape of dark area on tergum 2.
… Matthias Buck, 6 September, 2012 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

P. aurifer
I'm sorry about all the move comments, I changed my mind and saw my ID mistake right after I moved them.

Moved from Polistes comanchus navajoe.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes comanchus.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Paper Wasp - yes, maybe a Polistes
I don't know too much about these. The tail looks more like a Polistes than Mischocyttarus to me.

maybe Polistes aurifer?

… Andrew Williams, 20 September, 2009 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Polistes
Might be something along the lines of P. comanchus
… Scott Nacko, 20 September, 2009 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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