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VESPIDAE - YELLOWJACKETS
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Gallery 1 Subfamily Polistinae "Social Wasps"
FIGURE 1a - Agelaia pallipes - Sanctuario de Itacua, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1b - Mischocyttarus rotundicollis - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1c - Polistes canadensis - Sanctuario de Itacua, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1d - Polistes cavapyta - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007). See nest Gallery 2d
FIGURE 1e - Polistes cinerascens female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Caccialli April 2008).
FIGURE 1f - Polistes versicolor - Sanctuario de Itacua, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007). See nest Gallery 2
FIGURE 1g - Polistes versicolor male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Caccialli April 2008). See nest Gallery 2e
FIGURE 1h - Polybia sericea - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1i - Polybia sp (subgenus Myrapetra) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007). See nest Gallery 2g
Gallery 3 Subfamily Eumeninae "Potter Wasps"
FIGURE 3a - Omicron ruficolle - Asunción, Departamento Central (Sergio Rios July 2009).
FIGURE 3b - Pachymenes ghiliani male - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
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Gallery 2 Subfamily Polistinae "Social Wasps" - Nests
FIGURE 2a - Mischocyttarus bertonii nest - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 2b - Mischocyttarus paraguayensis nest - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
FIGURE 2c - Polistes actaeon nest - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Caccialli April 2008).
FIGURE 2d - Polistes cavapyta nest - Trinidad Ruinas, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith December 2006).
FIGURE 2e - Polistes versicolor nest - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Bernard Oosterbaan March 2008).
FIGURE 2f - Polybia ruficeps nest - PN Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith June 2006).
FIGURE 2g - Polybia sp (subgenus Myrapetra) nest - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2h - Synoeca cyanea nest - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006).
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