<i>Polistes instabilis</i> (IMAGE)

University of Washington

<i>Polistes instabilis</i>

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Wasps in the species Polistes instabilis form small, simple colonies of a few dozen adults. The open cells of the nest contain the young brood, mostly larvae. The white-capped nest cells contain pupae inside silken cocoons, and adult wasps will emerge from these. This nest was in a tropical dry forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

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Sean O’Donnell, University of Washington.

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