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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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 679998
Adult
Ciudad de La Rioja
La Rioja
Argentina
03/28/2026
Carlos De Biagi

Photography ID: 563938
Adult
Capital
La Rioja
Argentina
01/08/2024
Carlos De Biagi

Photography ID: 515159
Adult
Las Higuerillas
La Rioja
Argentina
11/20/2022
Carlos De Biagi

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2453238

28/03/2026

Argentina

La Rioja

Barrio Facundo Quiroga, Ciudad de La Rioja

Carlos De Biagi

1942345

08/01/2024

Argentina

La Rioja

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Carlos De Biagi

1678933

20/11/2022

Argentina

La Rioja

Las Higuerillas

Carlos De Biagi

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