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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 » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp (Polistes rubiginosus)
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Wasps? - Polistes rubiginosus
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Wasps? - Polistes rubiginosus
Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
October 26, 2011
Size: standard
Are these wasps? One had a yellow head and the other didn't. Have pictures posted on flickr and I wanted to identify them correctly.

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Wasps? - Polistes rubiginosus Central Arkansas wasps - Polistes rubiginosus
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Contributed by Bryan Thornhill on 28 October, 2011 - 12:29am
Last updated 18 January, 2013 - 6:04pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 18 January, 2013 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 29 October, 2011 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

Should be P. carolina or perplexus?
Or maybe P. fuscatus? Individuals with rather extensive black markings, if it is carolina or perplexus
… Vespula Vulgaris, 28 October, 2011 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Yes wasp Genus Polistes.
Yes wasp Genus Polistes.
… Matt Bearup, 28 October, 2011 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

 
Yellow faced one
is a a male; the others are females if I'm not mistaken.
… metrioptera, 28 October, 2011 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the update.
… Bryan Thornhill, 28 October, 2011 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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