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Paper Wasp.

Notes:

A wasp with lunch.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Paper Wasp
Polistes


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12 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Your welcome, DB....

DB
DB 6 years ago

Thank you Jonathan for your help! @maplemoth662 thank you for comment my friend :)

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Four, beautiful photos....a beautiful wasp....

JonathanHoskins
JonathanHoskins 6 years ago

This is somewhat similar to Polistes cavapyta, though I'm not sure if Argentinan forms will have a black thorax. There are 13 other species that I can't find a solid reference on, so it could be one of those instead.

DB
DB 10 years ago

Thank you Kranti Dhiman!

Kranti Dhiman
Kranti Dhiman 10 years ago

nice series !

DB
DB 10 years ago

Thank you My Name!

My Name
My Name 10 years ago

Paper wasp

DB
DB 11 years ago

Thank you Leuba, I also hope it! :-)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Handsome wasp - I hope you get an ID for this attractive insect..

DB
DB 11 years ago

Thank you Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

What a beauty.

DB
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Salta, SA, Argentina

Spotted on Aug 23, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2012

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