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Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - male
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - Male
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2004
Photographed in our front garden. Note the curled antennea, I believe this is a male.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 22 October, 2004 - 8:21am
Last updated 22 March, 2019 - 3:04pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 26 October, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Polistes fuscatus, male (MA)
A dark male of fuscatus, common for that region. Colour variation is wild in this species which led to the description of several 'subspecies' in the past (three of them occur in Ontario!).
… Matthias Buck, 26 October, 2006 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Perfectly matches the two females of spring 2005
This male shows exactly the same color pattern as the two females you photographed this spring - one in February and the second in April. He too differs strikingly from "typical" P. fuscatus males elsewhere in this guide. Therefore, I'm now quite sure there is (at least) another nearctic Polistes species in your region. Which one, that's another matter.
… Richard Vernier, 14 May, 2005 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

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