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Paper wasps

Polistes

Notes:

They look like wasps? Very frighting to look up and see above your head.

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Paper wasps
Polistes Genus Polistes - BugGuide.Net


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7 Comments

Kellyspubvista
Kellyspubvista 10 years ago

Done, Ava T-B. Thanks!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Kellyspubvista
Kellyspubvista 10 years ago

Thanks so much. Very informative.

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 10 years ago

These are adult paper wasps of some kind. Wasps don't have nymphs, they have grub like larva which live in the chambers of the hive. You can also tell they are adult insects because nymphs are characteristically wingless. Many of these paper wasps are very similar so I'd may be a little tricky.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/572

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

Yes, or else they would be legless larvae

Kellyspubvista
Kellyspubvista 10 years ago

OK, thanks sth002. So are these full grown?

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

No such thing as wasp "nymphs", BTW!

Kellyspubvista
Spotted by
Kellyspubvista

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Oct 15, 2013

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