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Horse Paper Wasp

Polistes major

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 40, February 35, March 56, April 59, May 56, June 62, July 51, August 57, September 68, October 48, November 64, December 74.
United States2,062
Mexico670
Arizona225
Texas125
Chihuahua119
Georgia86
Michoacan de Ocampo82
Guanajuato72
Nuevo Leon62
Queretaro de Arteaga57

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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