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Yellow Paper Wasp or Maribone (Polistes versicolor)

Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistes versicolor.

 

Madre de Tierra Eco Lodge, San Pedro de Vilcabamba, Vilcabamba, Provincia de Loja, Ecuador

 

Wonderful and very colorful paper wasp. It is an eusocial wasp with a very interesting and complex behaviour. As other insects out of the order Hymenoptera like wasps, bees, ants and termites, they build nests, do parental care, forage and feed together. Each of the individuals might have its own function. Although a classic predator, mostly on Lepidoptera, its role as a pollinator might not be underestimated. Polistes versicolor is also used for biological control of pests.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_versicolor

sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifescie...

www.scielo.br/pdf/ne/v35n5/21.pdf

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldwespen

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