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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Description:

It was a really hot day in LA and these wasps were beating their wings rapidly to cool down their nest !

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Thanks John and DST !

DST
DST 11 years ago

cool

JohnTasirin
JohnTasirin 11 years ago

They look so similar to my unknown spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
In my place they seem to build nest by digging into sand.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

I don't think I have seen that kind of nest before Are you sure they are not hornets or Yellow Jackets?

Reza Hashemizadeh
Spotted by
Reza Hashemizadeh

L.A., California, USA

Spotted on Aug 1, 2012
Submitted on Sep 21, 2012

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