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Ants, bees & wasps

Artistic Wasp

Parachartergus fraternus (Gribodo, 1891)

Names

EnglishArtistic Wasp
Dutch—
SpanishAvispa guardiana fraterna
Chinese—
Sranan Tongowaswasi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameParachartergus fraternus (Gribodo, 1891)

About this species

Parachartergus fraternus is a neotropical, swarm founding, polistine wasp species that is distributed throughout Central and South America. They live in nests in second growth tropical dry forests, near pasture fields, roadside areas, and urban areas as well. These wasps eat insects, such as caterpillars of Lepidoptera. They also drink nectar, honeydew, and water. The workers capture their prey during foraging. They also use venom to paralyze their prey in order to consume it later. P. fraternus wasps are not very aggressive and they do not attack when the nest is approached.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyVespidae
GenusParachartergus

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