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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Polistes » Polistes apachus
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Polistes flavus eating Papilio cresphontes - Polistes apachus
Copyright © 2005 EmptySet

Polistes flavus eating Papilio cresphontes - Polistes apachus
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 13, 2005
I kind of staged this shot, since the 'meat' it was eating had already fallen off the leaf. I simply put the meat out of the ants' grasp and back to the wasp's.

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Contributed by EmptySet on 27 June, 2005 - 1:12am
Last updated 20 April, 2007 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 20 April, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Polistes, but not P. flavus.
This is a different species of paper wasp. According to one authority it may be an undescribed species. P. flavus is much larger, with deeply violet wings. Nice captures of the caterpillar-hunting behavior!
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 June, 2005 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Polistes apachus?
Eric: This looks to me like a very yellow apachus. I have seen similar specimens of apachus from Texas in collections. Apparently you have some further insights on this. Can you explain? For the time being I will moe it to apachus.
… Matthias Buck, 20 April, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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