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Yellow Paper Wasp

Polistes flavus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 66, February 60, March 80, April 106, May 97, June 62, July 100, August 80, September 66, October 104, November 80, December 58.
Arizona1,168
United States1,113
Texas174
New Mexico89
California25
Colorado11
Mexico8
Nevada5
Chihuahua5
Utah2

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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