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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
Contributed by Dave Mangham on 20 September, 2009 - 11:45am
Last updated 19 April, 2017 - 11:09am

Moved
Moved from Polistes aurifer.
… Matthias Buck, 6 September, 2012 - 12:36pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes comanchus navajoe.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:20pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes comanchus.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:18pm

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