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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » red-yellow problem spms, TX (Polistes red-yellow problem spms, TX)
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Polistes ID - Polistes
Copyright © 2010 Heidi Eaton

Polistes ID - Polistes
Wildcat Bluff Nature Center, Potter County, Texas, USA
May 11, 2010
Size: ~25mm
I think this is the same species as another I posted recently, but this is a different individual and a better straight down shot.
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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 18 May, 2010 - 10:36pm
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 4:37pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 1 January, 2016 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 June, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Polistes aurifer?
bellicosus should not have the small yellow spots on the first tergum, so this should be aurifer. Wait for an expert's opinion
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 May, 2010 - 5:42am login or register to post comments

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