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 Paper wasp (Polistes carolina)

Paper wasp | Polistes carolina photo
Polistes carolina, Shawnee National Forest, Garden of the Gods, South Illinois, USA
Photograph by Fritz Geller-Grimm. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)








PAPER WASP FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Genus:Polistes
Species:carolina
Common Name:Paper wasp


Relatives in same Genus
  Red wasp (P. annularis)
  Paper wasp (P. apachus)
  Golden paper wasp (P. aurifer)
  Asian paper wasp (P. chinensis antennalis)
  Paper wasp (P. dominula)
  Common paper wasp (P. exclamans exclamans)
  Paper wasp (P. fuscatus)
  Paper wasp (P. metrica)
  Macao paper wasp (P. olivaceus)





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