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    Polistes versicolor, also known as the variegated paper wasp or yellow paper wasp, is a subtropical social wasp within Polistes, the most common genus...
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    Polistes versicolor versicolor (Olivier, 1792) Polistes wattii Cameron, 1900 Polistes watutus Kojima, 1988 Polistes weyrauchorum Willink, 1964 Polistes williamsi...
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    South Pacific. Not to be confused with Polistes flavus, Polistes versicolor, or Polistes wattii. "Taxonomy for Polistes olivaceus". insectoid.info. Retrieved...
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    Polistes carnifex, commonly known as the executioner wasp or executioner paper wasp, is a neotropical vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes. It...
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    that perform specialized tasks. In the well-studied social wasp Polistes versicolor, dominant females perform tasks such as building new cells and ovipositing...
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    by a single queen. Polistes instabilis shares many similarities with its Aphanilopterus relatives, especially Polistes versicolor. Both species are found...
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    from victim's skin. The stings of some wasps, such as those of the Polistes versicolor, contain relatively large amounts of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in...
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    known to feed on nectar and produce honey. Other wasps, such as Polistes versicolor, also consume honey. In the middle of their life cycles they alternate...
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    is also true in the species Polistes instabilis, where the next queen is selected based on age rather than size. Polistes exclamans also exhibits this...
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    including Mischocyttarus atramentarius, Mischocyttarus cassununga and Polistes versicolor are eaten by the thrips. Thrips, especially in the family Aeolothripidae...
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    color. The typical form often can be confused with Polistes fuscatus, Polistes crinitus, or Polistes minor. The variable form is red-brown in coloring...
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    Polistes bahamensis is a large species of colourful paper wasp in the genus Polistes of the family Vespidae which occurs in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana...
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  • a large predatory pressure for many species of wasps, including Polistes versicolor. These wasps possess a gland located in the VI abdominal sternite...
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    Leucoptera coffeella, along with several other species of wasp including Polistes versicolor, Polybia paulista, Polybia occidentalis, Polybia scutellaris, and...
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  • of brood or abandoned, there is evidence that other wasp species (Polistes versicolor) will rear their brood in the empty M. drewseni nests. Due to the...
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    gray treefrog (H. versicolor). These two species cannot be differentiated except by their call or genetic analysis. However, H. versicolor is rare in the...
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    (Hoernes & Auinger, 1882) † Nassarius poelsensis (Hilber, 1879) Nassarius polistes (Dall, 1917) † Nassarius pontisnovi Cox, 1936 Nassarius poppei Thach, 2018...
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  • US Common housefly from Europe Honey bee from Europe Polistes chinensis (Asian paper wasp) Polistes humilis (common paper wasp) Vespula germanica (European...
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