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Yellow-banded Polybia Wasp
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Ants, bees & wasps

Yellow-banded Polybia Wasp

Polybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)

Names

EnglishYellow-banded Polybia Wasp
Dutch—
SpanishCamoatí de Bandas Amarillas
Chinese—
Scientific namePolybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)

About this species

Polybia occidentalis, commonly known as camoati, is a swarm-founding advanced eusocial wasp. Swarm-founding means that a swarm of these wasps find a nesting site and build the nest together. This species can be found in Central and South America. P. occidentalis preys on nectar, insects, and carbohydrate sources, while birds and ants prey on and parasitize them. P. occidentalis workers bite each other to communicate the time to start working.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyEumenidae
GenusPolybia

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