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Ropalidia socialistica
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NO COMMON NAME FACTS |
Identification
Ropalidia socialistica is a black and yellow wasp. It has six yellow spots on the thorax and there is knob shaped segment between the main abdominal part and the waist. Ropalidia socialistica can inflict a painful sting.
Size
8mm
Food
adults feed on nectar
Breeding
The nest is a hanging comb of two rows of cells. Most colonies add smaller satellite combs during the season.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hymenoptera | | Family: | Vespidae | | Genus: | Ropalidia | | Species: | socialistica | | Common Name: | No common name |
Relatives in same Genus
Paper Wasp (R. revolutionalis)
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