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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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Foto
Photography ID: 658009
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
10/23/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 572973
  Adult
Miramar de Ansenuza
Córdoba
Argentina
02/16/2024
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 557488
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
11/26/2023
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 486975
♂ ♀  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
03/23/2022
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 471093
  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
11/04/2021
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 446373
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
01/17/2020
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 434105
♂ ♀  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
02/19/2021
Hugo Alberto Valderrey



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237984223/10/2025ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
200370616/02/2024ArgentinaCórdobaMiramar de AnsenuzaHugo Alberto Valderrey
192111426/11/2023ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
157778628/04/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosA Parque Nacional El Palmar (-31,852171, -58,323222)Hugo Alberto Valderrey
156268623/03/2022ArgentinaLa PampaParque Recreativo Bencio Delfín Pérez, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
149510404/11/2021ArgentinaCorrientesMercedesHugo Alberto Valderrey
164625519/02/2021ArgentinaLa PampaPiletones de Corpico, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
140740617/01/2020ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Paper Wasp (Polistes cavapyta) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.