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Common Name:
European Paper Wasp

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

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359

Date: 7/28/12

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

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