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Polistes fuscatus, whose common name is the dark or northern paper wasp, is widely found in eastern North America, from southern Canada through the southern United States. [2] It often nests around human development.
Since P. carolina nests in sheltered areas, it commonly constructs nests in close proximity to humans, such as the open space under a roof. Typically, paper wasps are relatively unaggressive, only attacking humans and animals if they or their nests are being threatened. As in other aculeate wasps, only females have the ability to sting. [16]
Paper wasp (Polistes major) nest (); exposed comb Paper wasp growth stages Yellowjacket nest (); concealed combPaper wasps are a type of vespid wasps.The term is typically used to refer to members of the vespid subfamily Polistinae, though it often colloquially includes members of the subfamilies Vespinae (hornets and yellowjackets) and Stenogastrinae, which also make nests out of paper.
Polistes wasps, including Polistes instabilis, are large social wasps with yellow, brown and reddish markings.Body size ranges between 0.51–0.98 in (13–25 mm) with wings that are about 0.55 in (14 mm), which are folded longitudinally against the body.
As is common in many wasp species the queen of P. erythrocephalus nests has great influence over the behavior of the colony. The presence of an active reproductive queen in P. erythrocephalus is a necessity for normal colony expansion and nest growth. Under nutritional stress when an active queen is removed and a former inactive queen is ...
Several wasps feed on Queen’s Anne lace plants on June 29, 2012, in Davis, California. ... A paper wasp rests on a leaf. ... is to “steer clear” of wasp nests as well as yellowjackets coming ...
The nest material is also key to nestmate recognition because nest surfaces are impregnated with the epicuticular hydrocarbons that establish the framework by which the individuals discriminate between other wasps. [2] A close-up of the nest of a P. biglumis wasp: The nest material is characteristic of all paper wasps in the genus Polistes.
Polistes is a cosmopolitan genus of paper wasps and the only genus in the tribe Polistini. Vernacular names for the genus include umbrella wasps, coined by Walter Ebeling in 1975 to distinguish it from other types of paper wasp, in reference to the form of their nests, [3] and umbrella paper wasps. [4]