'Northern Paper Wasp' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Northern Paper Wasp

15 September 2010

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Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Northern Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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