Metric Paper Wasp - Polistes metricus

The Metricus paper wasp (Polistes metricus) is a wasp native to North America. It ranges throughout the southern Midwest, the South, and as far northeast as New York, but has recently been spotted in southwest Ontario. A single female specimen has also been reported from Dryden, Maine. Polistes metricus is dark colored, with yellow tarsi and black tibia.