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Yellow Oriental Paper wasp nest

Polistes wattii

Photo by surekha
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Field Notes

Description:

The vespiary is positioned right under the branch which kept them sheltered during the rain. After the heavy downpour they were all over it again!

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Polistes, Occurrence and nesting of the yellow oriental paper wasp, Polistes olivaceus (H…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
surekha
The leaves do resemble peepal but these are smaller in size. It is the Rose Wood tree or Sheesham.
HemaShah
looks like the vespiary is on a peepal tree.
surekha
Thanks MarcoSelis. I am trying to find more info. P. Wattii seems similar too. I've another spotting posted today http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38825002. Pls view this as well. Thanks again!
MarcoSelis
I'm not sure about P. olivaceus, it could be P. wattii too.

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PublishedAugust 25, 2013

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