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paper wasp

Polistes sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Paper wasps building a nest on ornamental shrub.

Habitat:

Village yard, on Hibiscus sp. Surrounding habitats include freshwater swampforest, sago swamp, ocean beach and a forested limestone cliff ridge.

Species ID Suggestions

Polistes sp.

Comments (3)

Thanks. No I am often able to get quite close to "city" bees and wasps. In the forest it's a different story!

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