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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

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6 Comments

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 10 years ago

Thank you Janine!

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

great shot

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

i love the way it is cleaning itself!

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

I'm not sure 100%, either, I have spotted very similar to yours wasp, it has yellow legs and half black and yellow antennae, the same abdomen pattern: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/322...
You compare and decide :)

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 10 years ago

Yes, I was thinking of that one too, but I was not sure. Good that you think the same:)

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

Maybe European paper wasp?

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PieterColpaert

Ribera del Fresno, Extremadura, Spain

Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Oct 26, 2013

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