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ID Thumbnail Media Data
50468
Scientific Name Polybia diguetana
Location Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Colony with nest; nest is being expanded by addition of new cells to the bottom envelope.
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date December 2008
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title poly_digu.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50468
50469
Scientific Name Polistes carnifex
Location Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Females on an active nest; some larvae are visible in the nest cells.
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adults and larvae
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date December 2008
Attached to Group Polistinae: view page image collection
Title poli_carn.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50469
50470
Scientific Name Pseudopolybia compressa
Location Near San Vito, Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Colony with nest low in ornamental tree at roadside.
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adults
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Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date March 2009
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title pseudopolybia_compressa.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50470
50471
Scientific Name Synoeca septentrionalis
Location Las Cruces/Wilson Botanical Garden, Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Adult workers fanning their wings on the surface of a large nest; the nest is attached to the tree trunk. Note evidence for several earlier bouts of nest expansion.
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date March 2009
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Title synoe_sept.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s), Habitat
ID 50471
50485
Scientific Name Protopolybia exigua
Location Yasuni Research Station
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Small colony building nest under a leaf blade.
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adults
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title protopoly.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50485
50486
Scientific Name Chaterginus fulvus
Location Yasuni Research Station, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior Colony on nest under leaves; note the white substance painted on the nest envelope by the wasps.
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adults
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Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title chrtrgns_fulvus.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50486
50487
Scientific Name Clypearia weyrauchi
Location Yasuni Research Station, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By James Carpenter, AMNH
Behavior Nest on trunk of Cecropia tree
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
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Title clype_weyr.jpg
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50487
50488
Scientific Name Polybia richardsi
Location Yasuni Research Station, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By James Carpenter, AMNH
Behavior A Polybia species that uses mud as nest material instead of plant fibers; note the separate entrances to each comb layer.
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title poly_rich.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50488
50489
Scientific Name Polybia nidulatrix
Location Yasuni Research Station, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
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Title poly_nidu.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50489
50490
Scientific Name Polybia emaciata
Location Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Sean O'Donnell
Behavior A species of Polybia that uses mud, instead of plant fibers, as nest material.
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Sean O'Donnell
Creation Date July 2007
Attached to Group Epiponini: view page image collection
Title poly_emac.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50490
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