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Paper Wasp

Polistes major

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Polistes dominula

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Paper Wasp

Polistes major

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Paper Wasp

Polistes major major
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LivanEscudero
I have almost the same photo. I believe they are biting little slivers of the wood and chewing it up with their saliva to make the paper pulp for their nests. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8515915

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2013

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