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Ropalidia gregaria
Nest is a single layer of cells with a single attachment point in low shrub or grasses. Defends the nest and has a powerful sting.
Spotted on Dec 5, 2011
Submitted on Dec 5, 2011
28 Comments (1–25)
Fun fact! The ingenious paper wasp constructs its nest from a collection of fibers from dead wood and plant stems, bound together by saliva. https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...
Grand.
Congratulations!
Thank you all! It's my honor and pleasure! Cheers! :)
Beautiful series! Congratulations!
Great series and congratulations.
Congratulations!
Congratulations opzjon
Grate series!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Great photos!
Great! Congrats!
wow superb
Congrats, you've earned yet another Spotting of the Day with this incredible series!
"Paper Wasps gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water-resistant nests. Recent research suggests that paper wasps might have face recognition abilities comparable to humans!"
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Please consider adding this to the Brooding Behavior in Insects mission.
Great photos!
Lovely picture!
Thanks ava, added it in! :)
opzjon, please consider adding this to the animal architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Tnx textless and Antonio.
perfect photos!
Excellent photos!
Thanks a lot harsha, yasser, atul! Have a great day everyone! :)
lovely!!
Incredible! Stunning shots.
Suberb shots! Each one a delight.