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Synoeca Wasp

Synoeca septentrionalis

Photo by bayucca
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Field Notes

Description:

Synoeca Wasp, Synoeca septentrionalis, Atenas, Costa Rica

Notes:

Synoeca wasps are very aggressive and have a very painful sting!

http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1882/abstract/

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Comments (5)
SG in CR
Nice capture. If I'm not mistaken these are the wasps that make their nest high up in thick branches of trees, clinging to the side of the branch rather than hanging from it. They call them "Gitarreros" here in northern Costa Rica due to the sound that the nest emits when the wasps are agitated, supposedly it sounds like a guitar. There are a lot of different types of wasps here, and it seems like the locals have names for all of them.
bayucca
When I had known this I would have token tons of many other pictures as well... It was at the beginning of my neotropical life journey...
Agustín Amenabar L
What a beautiful wasp! Please do take the chance next time and take more pictures of these.

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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012

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