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Common Name:
Northern Paper Wasp

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe:
Species:
Polistes fuscatus

Hodges No:

Location:

Vinalhaven, ME
USA
GPS: 44.043334,-68.819003

Date: 8/18/11

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

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Polistes fuscatus Vespidae
Northern Paper Wasp
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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