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Paper wasp

Polistes aurifer

Description:

These Polistes dominulus kept hovering over this patch of water and then landed on it for sometime by spreading their legs, then flew away and came back repeating the same behavior over and over again !

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 11 years ago
paper wasp (native!)
Polistes aurifer Species Polistes aurifer - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID Eric !

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 11 years ago

so nice!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Spotted by
Reza Hashemizadeh

L.A., California, USA

Spotted on Jul 23, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2012

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