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Is this a Paper Wasp? - Polistes dorsalis - male

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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Moved from Polistes aurifer.

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Moved from Polistes comanchus.

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