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European Paper Wasp(Vespa)

Polistes dominula

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Description:

spotted in my back yard.this is the remain wasps of the big colony that i spott in october,they dont died all like i read about and from what i can se there is no nest under the bodys,i'll confirm that latter,they are alive and well from what i can se.this is the link to the first spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7688023

Species ID Suggestions

European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Paper wasp

Comments (4)

People i'am convinced:) changes made never late to learn,they are European Paper Wasps @thanks Haiden @thanks Ignacio
are you certain of that?based on the brown wings?i saw some pictures of booth species and they look very similar,to be honest i based my id in the name that in portugal we give to this animal "wasp" and in my wikipedia research the one that apears was this one ,so maiby your rigth,i dont know any thing about insects,,i'll wait for your comment to make the changes,ok? thanks for your comment,very important to correct this kind of error,so we can have a better noah site:)
These aren't yellow jackets.

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