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Vespid Wasp

Polybia sp.

Description:

Some sort of wasps next, hanging from the underside of a leaf.

Habitat:

Taken with flash during a night walk through the rainforest/jungle beside the Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Vespid Wasp
Polybia sp. Polybia sp | Philip's Blog


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Video with Polybia occidentalis nest from Costa Rica:
http://acp.eugraph.com/insects/polybia.h...

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Vespidae, Polistinae, Polybia sp. A kind of social wasp which build their nest not with paper as Polistes sp. but with mud.
http://acp.eugraph.com/news/news06/odonn...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...

pamsai
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pamsai

San José, San Jose, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 21, 2013
Submitted on Oct 30, 2013

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