subfamily
Paper Wasps
Polistinae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native paper wasps All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
73,956 observations
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Guinea Paper Wasp
Polistes exclamans
36,169 observations
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Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes metricus
34,810 observations
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Hunter's Little Paper Wasp
Polistes dorsalis
13,995 observations
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Golden Paper Wasp
Polistes aurifer
9,199 observations
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Apache Paper Wasp
Polistes apachus
6,457 observations
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Mexican Paper Wasp
Mischocyttarus mexicanus
3,499 observations
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Western Paper Wasp
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
3,174 observations
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Parametric Paper Wasp
Polistes parametricus
1,796 observations
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Yellow Paper Wasp
Polistes flavus
1,578 observations
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Arizona Paper Wasp
Polistes arizonensis
844 observations