Apache paper wasp
Polistes apachus
The Apache paper wasp is a golden brown wasp with thin yellow stripes. It builds a nest out of a papery material it makes itself. It likes to put its nest in attics and under the edges of roofs.
Lives in
Western North America, including California and Texas
Length
2 cm (0.79 in)
What does it eat?
Like other paper wasps, it catches insects to feed its babies.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 3 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 15 seconds⚡moves 350 times its own body length every second
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Apache paper wasp about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It can grow to about 2 centimetres long.
2
The queen looks just the same as her worker daughters.
3
Its antennae are a dull orange brown.
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Most asked questions about Apache paper wasp
?Where does the Apache paper wasp build its nest?
Often in attics, under the edges of roofs, and in orchards and vineyards.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Polistes apachus
- Named by
- Saussure, 1857
- Group
- Wasps and hornets
- Family
- Vespidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Vespidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Texas paper wasp, Southwestern Texas paper wasp, Apache wasp
Where the facts come from
- Polistes apachus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Insects Unlocked. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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