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 Paper wasp (Polistes dominula)

Paper wasp | Polistes dominula photo
female paper wasp (Polistes dominula)
Photograph by Alvesgaspar. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)




Paper wasp | Polistes dominula photo
Male Polistes dominulus wasp
Photograph by Rosenzweig. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)

Paper wasp | Polistes dominula photo
Nest of European Paper Wasp, San Jose, California, USA.
Photograph by Eugene Zelenko. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)





PAPER WASP FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Genus:Polistes
Species:dominula
Common Name:Paper wasp


Relatives in same Genus
  Red wasp (P. annularis)
  Paper wasp (P. apachus)
  Golden paper wasp (P. aurifer)
  Paper wasp (P. carolina)
  Asian paper wasp (P. chinensis antennalis)
  Common paper wasp (P. exclamans exclamans)
  Paper wasp (P. fuscatus)
  Paper wasp (P. metrica)
  Macao paper wasp (P. olivaceus)





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