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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 Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Apache Paper Wasp (Polistes apachus)

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Copyright © 2006 Chuck Entz

Polistes Starter Home - Polistes apachus

Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 15, 2006
Size: wasps are about 1 inch

Same nest, a week later. Is it my imagination or is one of the wasps laying another egg?

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Polistes Starter Home - Polistes apachus

Polistes Starter Home - Polistes apachus

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 15 April, 2006 - 10:49pm
Last updated 26 December, 2006 - 11:22pm

Moved

Moved from Polistes.

… Chuck Entz, 1 September, 2006 - 12:58pm

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Polistes apachus

See comment on twin picture. Chuck, you have covered all three Polistes species that occur in the L.A. area on your images: P. dorsalis, P. aurifer and this one. Good work!

… Matthias Buck, 31 August, 2006 - 2:40pm

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Not that hard

I can walk out my front door any time and immediately find Polistes apachus. Polistes dorsalis and Polistes aurifer trade off as to which is the common visitor- there's usually one or the other around in the warmer months sometime during the day.

Someone once commented that I haven't posted too many moth pictures. I live on a 100-foot-by-50-foot suburban lot, with all these Polistes, potter wasps, mason wasps, at least 20 different species of spiders, Zelus assassin bugs, praying mantis, at least 2 different tachinids, and even the occasional dragonfly. It's a miracle I have any moths at all!

… Chuck Entz, 1 September, 2006 - 1:12pm

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She's laying

another egg, long before the cell is completed (but the larva won't hatch until a few days, which lets time to finish the job). Typical exemple of a two-foundresses association. It would be interesting to check whether only one female (the dominant one) does lay eggs, or whether they tend to eat each other's eggs.

… Richard Vernier, 18 April, 2006 - 7:46am

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