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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

Black with yellow stripes body, yellow legs and antennae.

Habitat:

Spotted in Tarragona, Catalonia, near the Francoli river.
The native range of P. dominula covers much of southern Europe and North Africa, and temperate parts of Asia as far east as China.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Species: P. dominula

Reference Links:

European paper wasp - Wikipedia

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