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TROPICAL PAPER WASP FACTS |
Identification
Polistes stigma is a small paper wasp. It is rich brown colour with lighter orange brown legs and antennae. The end of the abdomen is banded with yellow. The wings have a dark spot near the tip of each forewing.
Size
length 13mm
Food
The wasps take caterpillars to feed their larvae.
Breeding
builds a paper nest, usually hanging downwards with open cells on the bottom.
Range
subspecies Polistes stigma townsvillensis and Polistes stigma bernardii are native to Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hymenoptera | | Family: | Vespidae | | Genus: | Polistes | | Species: | stigma | | Common Name: | Tropical Paper Wasp |
Relatives in same Genus
European Paper Wasp (P. dominulus)
Common Paper Wasp (P. humilis)
Paper Wasp (P. unknown species)
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