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POLISTES GALLICUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Polistes gallicus
Latin
DEF

A wasp (as the yellow jacket and hornet) that makes a nest of papery material.

OBS

The nest consists of a single more or less circular tier of cells, attached by a short stalk to the underside of some surface (eaves of a building, ceiling of a porch or similar surface); there is no outer covering as in nests of Vespinae.

OBS

Sub-family: Polistinae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Polistes gallicus
Latin
DEF

Guêpe sociale de nos régions, dont le nid, découvert, n'a généralement qu'un seul rayon et est fixé par un pédicelle sur une plante ou sur une pierre.

Spanish

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