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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 20, 2007

because I couldn't find one with this strong orange colour on the second part of its antennae and couldn't find a match for its face.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 20, 2007

another pic.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 20, 2007

..and its face;

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OldNed Merritt Island, FL(Zone 10a) Sep 20, 2007

Maybe one of the Cicada Killers Sphecius species(?)

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 20, 2007

Is it the European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominulus ?


http://www.hopscotch.ca/guides-on-demand/arthropods/p-1.html

http://www.padil.gov.au/viewPestLargeImage.aspx?id=757&img=6214

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 20, 2007

You're right about the faces looking different for some of them, but here are a few that look like your wasp, about half way down the page, Polistes dominulus:


http://insektenfotos.de/insects_hymenoptera.htm

typo

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 21, 2007

Thank you so much Claypa!! That's the one, I'm sure now.
And I think mine is a male according to my insectbook that states that the faces of the males are entirely yellow.

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