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Spotted on Oct 19, 2012
Submitted on Oct 19, 2012
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This is a beautiful wasp! It is either Polistes carolina (Red Wasp) or Polistes rubiginosus. These two species are so similar that they can be very hard to tell apart. They both are found in your area. It is type of paper wasp.
Here is info on both wasps:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/581
http://bugguide.net/node/view/50540