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Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Description:

Yellow and black striped wasp. About a quarter of an inch. Bee like wings and antennas. Lives in a small hive that looks like its made of a paper mâché composition with dead larvae inside. This the only surviving wasp upon encounter.

Habitat:

Overhang of roofs and/or branches of trees.

1 Species ID Suggestions

HemaShah
HemaShah 12 years ago
Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula


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5 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Hello. I appreciate your interest in the mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...... however it is not for colonial nesters. Here is an excerpt from the mission statement: "This is NOT a mission for surrogate care as seen in COLONIAL ants, bees, wasps, etc. Both the parent(s) and young should be featured together in some of the photos."

JRM.joaquin
JRM.joaquin 12 years ago

You think so? Well it that case I'll post more along the way! :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Beautiful first spotting! Welcome to Project Noah!

JRM.joaquin
JRM.joaquin 12 years ago

Thank you Emma :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

this is a paper wasp nest

JRM.joaquin
Spotted by
JRM.joaquin

Los Angeles, California, USA

Spotted on Jan 19, 2012
Submitted on Jan 21, 2012

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