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Paper Wasp

Polistes spp.

Habitat:

Riparian

1 Species ID Suggestions

ShannonFox
ShannonFox 11 years ago
Paper Wasp
Polistes metricus Species Polistes metricus - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

I believe you have the correct genus Shannon, but the yellow lines on the thorax make me think it may be a different species.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Could it be this one?.. Great Golden Digger (Sphex ichneumoneus)

ShannonFox
ShannonFox 11 years ago

I just found one of those as well, I think even on the same type of flower! Our spottings are close to each other, so they are most likely the same thing. Here's the one I found Friday:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/141...

chesterbperry
Spotted by
chesterbperry

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Sep 14, 2012
Submitted on Sep 16, 2012

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