MAKE A MEME View Large Image Here we present a series of pictures of Polistes wasp nests with lavae, pupae, eggs, and interlopers. These nests came from a set of moss field chickadee style nest boxes that we had hoped would attract nesting bumble bees, but attracted ...
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Keywords: polistes paper wasp paperwasp wasp sting nest larvae pupae emerging nesting egg eggs hymenoptera chickabee nests maryland droege biml usgsbiml united states geological survey unitedstatesgeologicalsurvey pwrc patuxent texture photo border monochrome Here we present a series of pictures of Polistes wasp nests with lavae, pupae, eggs, and interlopers. These nests came from a set of moss field chickadee style nest boxes that we had hoped would attract nesting bumble bees, but attracted exactly zero, but on the other hand they were dynamite for Paper Wasps (did not determine the species involved as we were too busy avoiding getting stung). Pictures by Wayne Boo, assistance by Cathy Stragar and Sydney Price in nest wrangling. All nests from Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. Here we present a series of pictures of Polistes wasp nests with lavae, pupae, eggs, and interlopers. These nests came from a set of moss field chickadee style nest boxes that we had hoped would attract nesting bumble bees, but attracted exactly zero, but on the other hand they were dynamite for Paper Wasps (did not determine the species involved as we were too busy avoiding getting stung). Pictures by Wayne Boo, assistance by Cathy Stragar and Sydney Price in nest wrangling. All nests from Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C.
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