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Paper Wasp

Photo by Max Gallagher
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large brown and amber wasp?

Species ID Suggestions

Macao Paper Wasp

Polistes olivaceus

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This is one of the three species of paper wasp that currently occur in the Hawaiian islands and the only one not to occur in the continental states.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2015

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