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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) » Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
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Polistes exclamans
Copyright © 2012 Iustin Cret

Polistes exclamans
Beeville, Bee County, Texas, USA
October 17, 2010
I found several nests of wasps at the edge of an area with shrubs. Some were built to a height of 2 m or more, others were built in less than one meter from the ground. Nest of images above is built about 2 m high.
Photos are taken on October 17, 2010, except for the last photo in this series, which was made on November 28, 2010.
After one month and ten days, the nests seemed to be abandoned. Up to two or three wasps were still on some nests. On some nests, there was none.
Only one wasp on the above nest.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 17 December, 2012 - 10:33pm
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 10:51pm

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 18 January, 2013 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paper Wasps.
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