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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Aphanilopterus (Polistes Subgenus Aphanilopterus) » Unstable Paper Wasp (Polistes instabilis)
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Paper Wasps, Polistes sp, on Nest - Polistes instabilis - male - female
Copyright © 2007 fsmodel

Paper Wasps, Polistes sp, on Nest - Polistes instabilis - Male Female
Alamo/Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 19, 2007
Here's the whole nest.

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Paper Wasps, Polistes instabilis, on Nest - Polistes instabilis - male - female Paper Wasps, Polistes sp, on Nest - Polistes instabilis - male - female
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Contributed by fsmodel on 28 October, 2007 - 5:06pm
Last updated 4 December, 2008 - 4:24pm

This is so. cool.
This is so. cool.
… Bobby Grizzard, 28 August, 2008 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

wow! what a
cool nest! never seen one like it before!

your pics are definitly needed in the guide where there is only one pic.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 28 October, 2007 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Males
The wasp that is most to the right near the middle of the cluster is a male. There are probably a few more but hard to make out. Most remarkable nest shape!
… Matthias Buck, 4 December, 2008 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

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