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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Hairy-horned Paper Wasp (Polistes hirsuticornis)
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Isodontia elegans? - Polistes hirsuticornis
Copyright © 2014 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Isodontia elegans? - Polistes hirsuticornis
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings County, New York, USA
August 16, 2014
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 19 August, 2014 - 6:39am
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 4:52pm

Polistes cf. hirsuticornis
The pleuron and clypeus of this female appears more shiny than usual which would point to hirsuticornis. However, one can't be completely certain because identification of this species relies on characters that are hard to see on photographs. If it's true this would be the first live image of this species I am aware of! Nice work!
… Matthias Buck, 1 January, 2016 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 1 January, 2016 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 August, 2014 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

Polistes
Probably Polistes fuscatus
… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 August, 2014 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

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