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Field Notes

Description:

Large wasp. Burnt orange body and black wings

Habitat:

Northern Kentucky. Building nest on building in the back woods.

Notes:

Some kind of giant wasp or hornet. Makes nest in doorway of my place. Yet to identify.

Species ID Suggestions

Red Paper Wasp

Polistes annularis

Reference Link
Ben_Gosney
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