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Common Name:
European 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 dominula

Hodges No:

Location:
Windsor Terrace
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 4/20/08

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

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