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Executioner Wasp

Polistes carnifex

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 28, February 18, March 33, April 25, May 22, June 32, July 76, August 71, September 58, October 72, November 84, December 50.
Mexico569
Colombia214
Jalisco134
Sinaloa117
Antioquia114
Costa Rica109
Oaxaca69
Provincia Guanacaste55
Brazil50
Valle del Cauca45

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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