Paper Wasp (Polistes cavapyta)

Paper Wasp

Polistes cavapyta

Avispa Colorada de Cabeza Amarilla

Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Other common names: Avispa Colorada Sudamericana, Social Wasp.

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Latest feeding records

Feeding

Group	Species	Date	User
Insects	Espejitos (Dione vanillae)	27/10/2017	Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by

Group	Species	Date	User
Insects	Mallophora bigoti	04/05/2019	Román Montero
Birds	Suirirí Real (Tyrannus melancholicus)	01/02/2018	Eduardo Beltrocco

Number of Photography: 115

Photography ID: 671084
Adult
Carcarañá
Santa Fe
Argentina
02/01/2026
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

Photography ID: 671038
Adult
Carcarañá
Santa Fe
Argentina
02/01/2026
Peter Vidana

Photography ID: 670009
Adult
Lujan
San Luis
Argentina
01/19/2026
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 666045
Adult
Funes
Santa Fe
Argentina
01/03/2026
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

Photography ID: 663871
Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/24/2025
Elsa Longo

Photography ID: 658009
Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
10/23/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey

Photography ID: 652858
Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
04/23/2025
Fernanda Ferrari

Photography ID: 635071
Adult
Malligasta
La Rioja
Argentina
11/07/2021
Federico Carlos Izasa

Photography ID: 632272
Adult
Villa Gesell
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/05/2025
Marcos Garberoglio

Photography ID: 617965
Adult
Reserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de Piedra
Jujuy
Argentina
10/24/2024
Roberto Battaglia

Photography ID: 608578
Trancas
Tucumán
Argentina
11/10/2024
Viviana Fuentes

Photography ID: 599668
Adult
Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
12/11/2022
Maria Belén Dri

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Number of Films: 2

Video ID: 3204
Tigre
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/23/2018
Maximiliano Lia

Video ID: 206
♂ ♀ Chajarí
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/03/2013
Carlos M. Grassini

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Reports

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Number of Records: 288

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2440413

01/03/2026

08:32

Argentina

Santa Fe

Eduardo Tesaire, San Jerónimo Norte

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2440092

28/02/2026

08:48

Argentina

Santa Fe

1º de Mayo 455, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2428645

07/02/2026

08:13

Argentina

Santa Fe

Avenida Juan José Paso 2921, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2427296

01/02/2026

Argentina

Santa Fe

Río Carcarañá, Carcarañá

Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

2426997

01/02/2026

Argentina

Santa Fe

Río Carcarañá, Carcarañá

Peter Vidana

2425814

01/02/2026

08:06

Argentina

Santa Fe

Eduardo Tesaire

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2423683

19/01/2026

Argentina

San Luis

Reserva Privada Punta del Agua, Lujan

Manuel Godoy

2417481

18/01/2026

06:45

Argentina

Santa Fe

San Martin 1315, San Jerónimo Norte

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2411113

06/01/2026

10:58

Argentina

Misiones

Reserva Natural Silvestre Parque Federal Campo San Juan, Santa Ana

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2411062

03/01/2026

Argentina

Santa Fe

Garita 18, Funes

Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

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