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Asian Paper Wasp

Polistes chinensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 159, February 202, March 215, April 460, May 147, June 32, July 18, August 47, September 118, October 166, November 186, December 136.
New Zealand1,886
Australia1,396
New South Wales779
Auckland Region564
Victoria439
Canterbury Region288
Waikato Region255
China220
Northland Region196
Australian Capital Territory165

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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