golden paper wasp, Polistes aurifer (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

golden paper wasp
Polistes aurifer Saussure

Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: Late season (October 13) adult. At the time mating activities were noted and adults were moving to winter shelter.
Image type: Field
Subject Gender: Female
Image view: Dorsal / Abaxial / Back
Image location: Forsyth, Montana, United States

Photographer Information

Name: Whitney Cranshaw
Organization: Colorado State University
Country: United States

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Subject: golden paper wasp
Genus: Polistes
Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Whitney Cranshaw
Organization: Colorado State University
Area: Entomology - General Entomology

Image Number: 5369810

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Image uploaded on Monday, May 12, 2008
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