Insects and Spiders

Golden Face

Male wasps of this genus have golden faces while females have red ones. They also have antennae that curl on the end. This guy was nice and let me get a good look at both field marks.
Male Metric Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)
Chasteberry Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

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