Scientific Name: Polistes Carolina
Family: Vespidae
Native Range: Florida to New York; Pennsylvania
Size: Length: 0.98 – 1.26 in (25–32 mm); Black wings: 0.59 -0.98 in (15–25 mm)*
Active:
Color and Appearance: Mostly red with some occasional dark stripes on abdomen.*
Social wasp.
*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_carolina)