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Paper Wasps

Polistes dominula

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European paper wasp

Polistes dominula

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Agustín Amenabar L
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Agustín Amenabar L
These are paper wasps. I have tons of these hanging in my house. First of all, yellow jackets build underground hives. Also notice the yellow antennae, yellow jackets have them black and the waist is less notorious. Also, legs are longer in the paper wasps, they fly with them hanging.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2011

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