Distribution
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Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Zanzibar.
Indigenous to SE Asia, introduced to Afrotropical region
and many Pacific ocean islands (such as Cook Island, Easter Island,
Hawaii and Marquesas Islands). |
Biology |
Social, constructing communal paper nests
comprising a single horizontally orientated comb with downward pointing
cells. Larvae are fed on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as
caterpillars. |
Reference |
Bequaert, J.C. 1918.
A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the
American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps.
Bulletin of the AMNH 39: 1-384. |
Credits
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Photograph by L.
Shyamal,
CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photographs
© Joy
Hichens.
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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