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Northern Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

Photo by Machi
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44.3312, -68.2616

Field Notes

Description:

Mostly black wasp with some white/yellow lines

Habitat:

On some bushes near a lake in Acadia National Park

Reference Links:

Wasp - Polistes fuscatus - BugGuide.Net

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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
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New England Arthropods
Photographed
PublishedDecember 1, 2018

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