Polistes carnifex
Polistes carnifex, also known as the executioner wasp, is a neotropical vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes and is labeled as having the most painful sting out of all discovered insect species.[1]
The wasp is native to Central and South America. It is a very large yellow and brown paper wasp that creates small colonies which build nests under the eaves of buildings or suspended from branches.[2]
Polistes Carnifex Media
Polistes carnifex nest collected in Brazil in 1967 by William Donald Hamilton and stored at the Natural History Museum, London
References
- ↑ Stung By An Executioner Wasp!. YouTube (2018-12-21). Retrieved on 2018-12-24.
- ↑ Gobbi, N., Noll, F.B., and Penna, M.A. (2006). ""Winter" aggregations, colony cycle, and seasonal phenotypic change in the paper wasp Polistes versicolor in subtropical Brazil". Die Naturwissenschaften. 93 (10): 487–94. Bibcode:2006NW.....93..487G. doi:10.1007/s00114-006-0140-z. PMID 16896975. S2CID 10286461.
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