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Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Habitat:

Burnt wood Plant stem

2 Species ID Suggestions

Metricus Paper Wasp
Polistes metricus Paper Wasp - Polistes metricus - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

JonathanHoskins
JonathanHoskins 6 years ago

This is actually a third species (noting that this cannot possibly be P. dominula by body and antennal coloration & pattern). Similar forms of P. fuscatus should have a much more extensive dark facial mark, extending down to the antennal bases. The entirely black abdomen also aligns more with P. metricus than with P. fuscatus.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 6 years ago

Very nice find! The European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) is distinctly colored black and yellow. Your wasp much more closely matches a Northern Paper Wasp. You did get the correct genus. :-)
Compare here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/5081

19jhenry
Spotted by
19jhenry

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Spotted on Sep 28, 2017
Submitted on Sep 28, 2017

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