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Brown paper wasp - Polistes annularis

Polistes annularis

Description:

Large brown & black wasp

Habitat:

Urban schoolyard

Notes:

See on lantana

1 Species ID Suggestions

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


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2 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful photo....a beautiful wasp....

JonathanHoskins
JonathanHoskins 6 years ago

The lack of orange antennal tips and the lack of a yellow band on the abdomen definitively rule out Polistes annularis.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Aug 26, 2015
Submitted on Aug 27, 2015

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