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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Long-waisted Paper Wasps (Mischocyttarus) » Western Paper Wasp (Mischocyttarus flavitarsis)
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Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - female
Copyright © 2006 Werner Eigelsreiter

Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis - Female
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
April 8, 2006
Size: 17 mm
Mischocyttarus flavitarsus
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Contributed by Werner Eigelsreiter on 28 April, 2006 - 8:49pm
Last updated 12 December, 2008 - 9:45am

Nice colors in this image.
Good work!
… Jim McClarin, 29 April, 2006 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the kind comment :)
… Werner Eigelsreiter, 29 April, 2006 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

With that long narrow waist (petiole)
it looks like it might be Mischocyttarus flavitarsis. See Eric will know, but he usually doesn't comment on weekends. We'll have to wait till Monday to find out for sure.
… john and jane balaban, 28 April, 2006 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It definitely looks like the same one.
… Werner Eigelsreiter, 29 April, 2006 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to guide page.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 May, 2006 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

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