And, she looks rather a lot like Polistes bellicosus, a fairly aggressive paper wasp found all around the Gulf Coast. Although, given how far Grand Cayman is from anywhere else, odds are that the ones there have diverged a fair bit from the ones on the mainland (unless they just recently arrived by hitch-hiking on ships).
Oooo, pretty! Looks like she's chewing up some wood to make paper for her nest.
ReplyDeleteAnd, she looks rather a lot like Polistes bellicosus, a fairly aggressive paper wasp found all around the Gulf Coast. Although, given how far Grand Cayman is from anywhere else, odds are that the ones there have diverged a fair bit from the ones on the mainland (unless they just recently arrived by hitch-hiking on ships).
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