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Another wasp - Polistes fuscatus - female
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Another wasp - Polistes fuscatus - Female
Isle Royale, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
August 23, 2004
I don't know the ID beyond family, so any help would be appreciated.
Hymenoptera Vespidae Polistes fuscatus representative

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 October, 2005 - 4:40pm
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 3:50pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 November, 2006 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Female - most probably Northern Paper Wasp
First, because Isle Royale is very near the northernmost limit of the genus: only P. fuscatus is likely to occur there.
Second, because this one female matches very well with individuals from Ontario and Wisconsin.
… Richard Vernier, 25 October, 2005 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to both of you. I am adding a close up, may be this will give more certainty to the suggested ID.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 October, 2005 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Paper wasp.
This is a Polistes paper wasp. Not certain of species, but pretty sure it is NOT P. exclamans, though it superficially resembles that species:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 October, 2005 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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