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Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer)
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Copyright © 2011
margarethe brummermann
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Polistes aurifer
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Marana, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 23, 2010
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 5 January, 2011 - 12:41pm
Last updated 1 April, 2011 - 3:04pm
Moved
Moved from
Polistes apachus
. The extreme yellow colour form of P. aurifer from Arizona. Polistes apachus does not occur there.
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Matthias Buck
, 1 April, 2011 - 3:04pm
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Very nice
We don't have many males in the guide. I will add the gender
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Vespula Vulgaris
, 1 February, 2011 - 12:44pm
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Moved
Moved from
Polistes
.
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margarethe brummermann
, 5 January, 2011 - 3:29pm
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Male.
Looks like a male of
P. apachus
. Nice shots.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 5 January, 2011 - 2:26pm
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