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Considered the only remaining non-captive population in IA, re-introduced by USFWS into Neal Smith National wildlife Refuge

Falcon by Thomas Circle eating a dove

Looks similar to the Northern Warrior Wasp. Unique vertical nest.

The nests were formed inside the predator guard for a bird nesting box.

https://youtu.be/izao6vM0lZ4

[-] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39866596
[+] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40007771

First wasp of the year. Temperature at the time was ~8°c.

2 of 2 photos of same individual, drinking

Paper Wasps (Polistes exclamans) guard larvae and pupae in the chambers of their nest hanging from a Saw Palmetto frond.

Vespidae- Paper Wasp (Polistes bellicosus)

Queen.