Red Wasp
Red wasp can refer to: *''Polistes carolina'', a paper wasp found in the eastern United States *''Polistes rubiginosus'', a paper wasp found in the eastern United States *''Polistes canadensis'', a paper wasp found across the Neotropical realm, from Arizona through Central America and into South America *''Polistes major castaneicolor'', a paper wasp found in the desert southwestern United States and into Sonora, Mexico *''Vespula rufa'', a yellowjacket found in Eurasia *''Vespula intermedia'', a yellowjacket found in North America {{disambiguation ...
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Polistes Carolina
''Polistes carolina'' is one of two species of red paper wasp found in the eastern United States (the other being ''Polistes rubiginosus'') and is noted for the finer ridges on its propodeum. It is a social wasp (subfamily Polistinae) in the family Vespidae. They are native to the United States from Texas to Florida, north to New York, and west to Nebraska. The wasp's common name is due to the reddish-brown color of its head and body. ''P. carolina'' prefer to build their nests in protected spaces. Taxonomy and phylogeny The first description of ''Polistes carolina'' appears in the first volume of Carl Linnaeus' 12th edition of ' published in 1767. In this volume, he referred to the species as ''Vespa carolina''. Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure later moved it to the genus ''Polistes'' in 1855 after Pierre Andre Latreille coined the new genus in 1802. ''P. carolina'' is within the family Vespidae, which includes nearly all of the eusocial wasps and many of the solitary wasps. It ...
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