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Neotropical Red Paper Wasp
Polistes canadensis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Polistes lanio
Fine-backed Red Paper WaspPolistes carolina
Horse Paper WaspPolistes major
Coarse-backed Red Paper WaspPolistes rubiginosus
Veracruz Paper WaspPolistes veracrucis
Polistes mexicanus
Metric Paper WaspPolistes metricus
Polistes franciscanus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 975 |
|---|---|
| Brazil | 216 |
| Guanajuato | 182 |
| Nuevo Leon | 135 |
| Queretaro de Arteaga | 133 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 119 |
| Jalisco | 93 |
| United States | 84 |
| Arizona | 82 |
| Hidalgo | 53 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae |
| Genus | Umbrella Paper Wasps · Polistes |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Neotropical Red Paper Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.