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Small brown paper wasp

Ropalidia revolutionalis

Photo by sunnyjosef
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small paper wasp about 10mm. Very calm wasp species. Allows to approach close. Rarely stings even though if stung, it is very painful.

Habitat:

Shrubs.

Notes:

Stacking of two images in Photoshop.

Reference Links:

Paper Wasp (Ropalidia revolutionalis)

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Comments (6)
Ingrid3
BRILLIANT profile, your photo makes me feel connected to this amazing little life form!
Tiz
Fantastic Josef!!

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedNovember 18, 2013

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