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Polistes sp.
This red wasp was eating something fro this cactus, may be some scale insects.
Semi desert.
Spotted on Mar 17, 2013
Submitted on Mar 21, 2013
3 Comments
Thank you EnvUnlimited
Thank you Livan Escudero for the ID
Don't know which specific species... but it does look like a Polistes sp. (a Paper Wasp) I wonder if what it was doing might be chewing some of the cactus to make pulp for the nest as they will chew wood.