The purpose of this project is to document the range, habitat, and color variation of the "Oil" form of Polistes aurifer.
Banner image from The Social Wasps of North America (2022)
This color form is defined by the following:
- Black scutum
- More black than red on
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The purpose of this project is to document the range, habitat, and color variation of the "Oil" form of Polistes aurifer.
Banner image from The Social Wasps of North America (2022)
This color form is defined by the following:
- Black scutum
- More black than red on pronotum and scutellum
- Yellow spots on T2 are not clearly separated from the margin (except by the hairline-thin width of the fascia)
Click here to view all observations of Polistes aurifer that have not been identified to color form.
Click here to view all of my Polistes color form projects.
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