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Polistes fuscatus
A black, brown and yellow...wasp (?) with a spot or circle on its lower body
In native prairie grass fields, full-sun, seemed to really like this particular flower
Due to its coloring, I kept a good distance from this wasp (?) as it looked like its sting would be painful if provoked.
Spotted on Aug 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you so much for your help identifying this wasp ForestDragon, Gordon Dietzman and SheaEckert!! :-)))
I'd agree that this is Northern Paper Wasp, Polistes fuscatus.
I believe this looks closest to Polistes fuscatus, Northern Paper Wasp:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/14227
There are a lot of similarities within this Genus that can make ID difficult at times.
I'm thinking paper wasp.