Where Does the Executioner Wasp Live?

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Source: Wikipedia Polistes Carnifex Is a Neotropical Vespid Wasp in the Cosmopolitan Genus Polistes and Is Native to Central and South America. It Is a Small...

Where Does the Executioner Wasp Live?

Source: Wikipedia
Polistes carnifex is a neotropical vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes and is native to Central and South America. It is a small, yellow and brown social insect
social insect
Eusociality (from Greek εὖ eu "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non ...
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that establishes small colonies which build papery nests under the eaves of buildings or suspended from branches.

Can the Executioner Wasp kill you?

Coyote says don't believe the hype ... these little buggers don't even have the most painful sting in the animal kingdom -- that's reserved for the executioner Wasp -- and they're highly unlikely to kill any Americans, despite their menacing moniker and penchant for decapitating bees.

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Is the Executioner Wasp the most painful sting?

The hornet's sting, Peterson said, is not actually the most painful sting in the insect kingdom — that title is reserved for the Executioner Wasp. In 2018, Peterson captured the wasp to experience his sting and uploaded the results to YouTube.

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