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Northern Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

Photo by ScientiaGulo
Published on Project Noah
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Comments (4)
ScientiaGulo
It's the closest match that I've seen so far. Thanks I think I'll go with that one. If anyone has any better ideas feel free to post them. Thanks for the suggestion Gordon
Gordon Dietzman
Probably from the subfamily Polistinae (paper wasps)? I'm not sure...
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2011

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