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

Photography ID: 526376
Adult
Parque Provincial Caá Yarí
Misiones
Argentina
11/06/2022
Elsa Longo

Photography ID: 501928
Adult
Parque Provincial Caá Yarí
Misiones
Argentina
05/20/2022
Elsa Longo

Photography ID: 496479
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/01/2022
Elsa Longo

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2402922

24/11/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Parque Nacional El Palmar

Elsa Longo

1729817

06/11/2022

Argentina

Misiones

Parque Provincial Caá Yarí

Elsa Longo

1615918

20/05/2022

Argentina

Misiones

Parque Provincial Caá Yarí

Elsa Longo

1594748

01/04/2022

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Parque Nacional El Palmar

Elsa Longo

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