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A beautiful wasp hanging out in my garden. I found this guy flying around, then it sat down and rested, looking at me. Asian paper wasp,Paper Wasp,Polistes chinensis,avispa,polistes,wasp Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

A beautiful wasp hanging out in my garden.

I found this guy flying around, then it sat down and rested, looking at me.

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    Great macro Posted 2 years ago
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      Thank you very much. It was so kind to sit and let me shoot it! Posted 2 years ago

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The Asian Paper Wasp

"Polistes chinensis" is a polistine vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus "Polistes", and is commonly known as the Asian, Chinese or Japanese paper wasp. It is found in East Asia, in particular China and Japan. The subspecies "P. chinensis antennalis" is an invasive species in New Zealand, having arrived in 1979.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
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Uploaded Apr 15, 2023. Captured Mar 30, 2023 14:02.
country flag of Japan Explore Japan 140 69 1
  • ILCE-6400
  • f/11.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO100
  • 90mm