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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) » Fine-backed Red Paper Wasp (Polistes carolina)
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Wasp - Polistes carolina - male
Copyright © 2013 Tom Bentley

Wasp - Polistes carolina - Male
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 19, 2013
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 14 December, 2013 - 10:11am
Last updated 8 October, 2016 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from carolina or rubiginosus.
… Matthias Buck, 8 October, 2016 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 1 January, 2016 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 December, 2013 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
Why not a Polistes instabilis
Why not a Polistes instabilis?
… Tom Bentley, 28 January, 2015 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
I generally don't attempt a species ID for Polistes...
...except for P. dominula. I just find them too tricky.

If forced to guess on this one, I'd say it looks more like P. carolina or rubiginosus. None of the P. instabilis specimens in the Guide is so uniformly red.

But again, what do I know? :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 January, 2015 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
brain cramp...thinking about
brain cramp...thinking about another one I am posting in the next few days
… Tom Bentley, 28 January, 2015 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

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