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Orange Paper Wasp

Photo by Russ Doren
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29.2311, -82.3131

Field Notes

Description:

Large orange and black wasp

Habitat:

Nest hanging near a fluorescent light fixture in an open hay storage area near a large horse pasture.

Species ID Suggestions

Paper Wasp

Polistes metricus

Reference Link
ForestDragon
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Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
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PublishedMay 26, 2016

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