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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
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wasps mating - Polistes fuscatus - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Sharon Perrault

wasps mating - Polistes fuscatus - Male Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
August 7, 2006
Size: 1 - 1 1/2 cm
After their brief encounter, they became very aggressive with each other. I'm not sure if it was the male or the female, but one of them seemed to be stinging the other over and over again. I don't know much about wasps, so I was wondering if someone could tell me what type these are. Thanks. :)
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Contributed by Sharon Perrault on 17 November, 2006 - 6:27pm
Last updated 19 May, 2008 - 8:15pm

The male has no stinger...
… margarethe brummermann, 24 August, 2009 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 November, 2006 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

wasps
i can not say i know them that well, but these are in the genus Polistes... it is a place to start looking. also, i think the one on top would be the male.
… edward trammel, 17 November, 2006 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes
They were flopping around a lot while they were fighting, so unfortunately I had lost track of which was which when one started stinging the other. I think you are right with Polistes. I was thinking maybe fuscatus? The spots on the abdomen seem to match. Thanks so much for your help. :)
… Sharon Perrault, 18 November, 2006 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
wasp
i was thinking P. fuscatus as well, but i can not say for sure... i think that spot is a way to identify that species.
… edward trammel, 19 November, 2006 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wasps.
… Sharon Perrault, 17 November, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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