The Guinea Paper Wasp Padlet by Jalen Ray https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu Fun facts on the amazing Paper Wasp. en-us 2019-11-20 19:48:20 UTC 2025-09-25 09:54:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41d.png Scientific name: Polistes exclamans rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414319057 2019-11-20 21:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414319057 Fact #1 rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414321104 Seen all throughout the North and South East region of the U.S., the wasp is not a wasp that has been in Texas for long. First spotted in Texas back in 2008, the wasp is thought to have been accidentally introduced there (Buck, Marshal, Chueng, 2008).

]]> 2019-11-20 21:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414321104 Fact #2 rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414321751 The wasp's prey consists of verious types of caterpillars such as Arctiidae, Saturniidae, Hesperiidae, and Notodontidae (Buck, Marshal, Chueng, 2008).

]]> 2019-11-20 21:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414321751 Fact #3 rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323062 Males of the Guinea Paper Wasp are very territorial. this is odd because it is a social wasp (Buck, Marshal, Chueng, 2008).]]> 2019-11-20 21:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323062 fact #4 rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323277 The Guinea Paper Wasp is one of over 50 types of paper wasps in the world. All of these wasps very in color and size. The Guinea has a redish-brown, black, and yellow color pallet while most are simply black and yellow (Ehrlish, 2019).]]> 2019-11-20 21:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323277 fact #5 rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323449 The Paper wasp species can be easily identified by it's long legs. This is a feature that is not seen in any other type of Wasp species (Ehrlish, 2019).]]> 2019-11-20 21:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414323449 Cited sources rul353 https://padlet.com/rul353/ad28lapiquxu/wish/414332280 Brisbaneinsects. (2011, November 20). Tiger Moths. Retrieved from: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_tigermoths/

Buck, Matthias. Marshall, Stephan. Chueng, David. (2008, February 19). Canadian Journal or Arthropod Identification. Retrieved from: https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bmc_05/76p_exclamans.html

Ehrlich. (2019). Wasp Identification. Retrieved from: https://www.jcehrlich.com/wasps/identification/

Mallow, Brian. (2005, March 19). BugGuide. Retrieved from: https://bugguide.net/node/view/21422/bgimage

Ray, Jalen. (2019, August 29). iNaturalist. Observed from: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31725966





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