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 Paper wasp (Polistes apachus)

Paper wasp | Polistes apachus photo
Paper wasp (Polistes apachus)
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)




Paper wasp | Polistes apachus photo
Paper wasp (Polistes apachus)
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)





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


Relatives in same Genus
  Red wasp (P. annularis)
  Golden paper wasp (P. aurifer)
  Paper wasp (P. carolina)
  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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