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Common Name:
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 metricus

Checklist No:

Location:

Surf City, NC
USA
GPS: 34.395509,-77.590135

Date: 8/5/13

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

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