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AlittleSalt · July 27, 2017

Scott and DM, I think you are both pretty much on target. They do have the bright orange antennae and are around three quarters to one inch long. Yellow is more predominate than the darker color. It's actually closer to yellow stripes with brown stripes.

I have taken a lot of pictures of bumblebees, honey bees, red wasps, and paper wasps where the camera was inches away from them. I've never been stung by any of them. We used my wife's new camera to zoom in while keeping our distance for pictures of these.

I found a site online about them, but as of 2011, there were no reports of European Paper Wasps in Texas. That was six years ago, and most sites are as believable as mythical unicorns being the next major meat food source.

July 27, 2017	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Scott and DM, I think you are both pretty much on target. They do have the bright orange antennae and are around three quarters to one inch long. Yellow is more predominate than the darker color. It's actually closer to yellow stripes with brown stripes. I have taken a lot of pictures of bumblebees, honey bees, red wasps, and paper wasps where the camera was inches away from them. I've never been stung by any of them. We used my wife's new camera to zoom in while keeping our distance for pictures of these. I found a site online about them, but as of 2011, there were no reports of European Paper Wasps in Texas. That was six years ago, and most sites are as believable as mythical unicorns being the next major meat food source.