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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Polistes (Polistes Subgenus Polistes) » European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
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Paper wasp? hiding on snapdragon - Polistes dominula
Copyright © 2009 Pam Phillips

Paper wasp? hiding on snapdragon - Polistes dominula
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 19, 2009
It was tucked amid the leaves on a chilly day.

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Paper wasp? hiding on snapdragon - Polistes dominula Paper wasp? hiding on snapdragon - Polistes dominula - male
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Contributed by Pam Phillips on 19 October, 2009 - 6:33pm
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 7:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Pam Phillips, 20 October, 2009 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Toughing it out
This is a male P. dominula. They hang on until the very end
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 October, 2009 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Poor thing!
I never felt sorry for a wasp before. Some critters never give up on hope.
… Pam Phillips, 20 October, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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