0425 - Umbrella Paper Wasp Drone

Polistes sp.
Male
13.5mm (body)

USA: FLA: Seminole Co.
1 km NE of Lake Nan
28°36'47.5"N 81°16'35.0"W, 19m
On Wall in Front of House
Warm, Cloudy, Breeze, Moist after Light Rain

29 October 2022
Z. Gill

Notes: Looked injured and was fluttering wings; Quite stationary and would not fly even when I got close to it; Possibly had a run-in with the lizard that was on the wall nearby

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
No Taxon	Aculeata
Superfamily	Vespoidea
Family	Vespidae
Subfamily	Polistinae
Genus	Polistes