Polistes fuscatus

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Collection Code: ummzi
Occurrence ID: 76f80fde-d347-4cb0-8733-631dd4379e9f
Catalog Number: UMMZI-121940
Sex: F
Life Stage: adult
Preparations: Slide Mount - 1
Organism Remarks: These photos were taken April - July 2019 by Dr. Sara E. Miller at Cornell University as part of NSF grant DBI-1711703. Specimens were of loan UMMZI_2019-02.; BOX PHOTOS:; Entire boxes of pinned specimens were photographed with color standard and scale bar. Photos were taken with Canon 6D camera and a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.; FUSCATUS PHOTOS:; The face, side, and top of each specimen of Polistes fuscatus was photographed on a standard gray background using a Canon 6D camera and MP-E 65mm lens.; LSA_polistes_info.xlsx:; Excel file of label transcription information. Includes location of specimen within the BOX PHOTO and measurements of head width, thorax width and wing length.
Year: 1901
Verbatim Event Date: 1901
Continent: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Michigan
County: Washtenaw
Locality: Ann Arbor
Verbatim Latitude: 42.270872
Verbatim Longitude: -83.726329
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Scientific Name: Polistes fuscatus
Specific Epithet: fuscatus

Technical Details

Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Insect Division Collection
Image Size: 4032 x 1960
File Size: 133 KB
Record: UMMZI-121940
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/i/insect2ic/x-ummzi-121940/ummz-ins-121940

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Full citation: "Polistes fuscatus." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Insect Division Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/i/insect2ic/x-ummzi-121940/ummz-ins-121940. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2025.