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 Paper wasp (Polistes metrica)

Paper wasp | Polistes metrica photo
Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus) caught in Portage, Michigan, USA
Photograph by Cody Hough, college student and photographer in the Michgian area. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)








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


Relatives in same Genus
  Red wasp (P. annularis)
  Paper wasp (P. apachus)
  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)
  Macao paper wasp (P. olivaceus)





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