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Polistes dominula
Quite a beautiful creature despite the stinger and venom.
A wooden observation deck in the wetlands.
Spotted on Apr 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
3 Comments
It's my pleasure. One of the things I love about this place is it gives me a chance to work on my identification skills.
thanks!
The orange antennae give this away as a European Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/5081