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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Malagasy Paper Wasp

Polistes olivaceus

About

A slender wasp with an olive-brown body, long dangling legs, and narrow waist. It builds small, exposed paper nests from chewed plant fibers on the underside of leaves and eaves.

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Did You Know?

Females establish dominance hierarchies on the nest, with the queen maintaining her rank through aggressive posturing and antenna drumming.