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Synoeca cyanea
Bright blue wings and body, short antenna. Found in groups for nest.
Found in a xerophile environment, this one particularly windy, building their hive over a tree (Melicoccus bijugatus, known as guinep in the USA or mamón in South America).
Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini, Synoeca sp. and looks like being Synoeca cf. cyanea.
http://www.vespa-bicolor.net/main/vespid...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoeca
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdtimm/643...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgD2BLuz...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44614737@N...
Another one with many more links to check!!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/705...
Spotted on Apr 16, 2014
Submitted on Apr 16, 2014
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