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Golden Paper Wasp

Polistes aurifer

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 205, February 177, March 185, April 229, May 222, June 307, July 311, August 239, September 181, October 185, November 238, December 183.
United States6,889
California2,253
Canada1,095
Arizona797
New Mexico743
British Columbia701
Texas552
Colorado488
Washington432
Alberta373

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusUmbrella Paper Wasps · Polistes

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