Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus
Common Name: Paper Wasp

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 4 June 2002

Photographer: D. S. Kjar

Identifier:
Collector: N/A

Location: Observatory Hill

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Keywords: A GU fuscatus dominulus paper wasp
Additional Information:
The pictures are from 7-7-2004, in the same location as the movie was filmed. The object in the wasps mandibles is likely the insides of a lepidopteran larvae. This will be givin to the wasp larvae back at the nest (see movie). Many wasps feed on nectar and other sugar sources as adults. -D.S.K
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