Don't want to see ads? Sign up...





Species icon
Paper Wasp

Polistes cavapyta
Avispa Colorada de Cabeza Amarilla
Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
 Request change
Filters
Records from General Pico

Other common names: Avispa Colorada Sudamericana, Social Wasp.


This taxon does not have a description yet.

At EcoRegistros, species pages are completed using open bibliographic compilations, and anyone can contribute.

If you'd like to submit a sourced description, email us at ecoregistros@ecoregistros.org and we'll publish it credited to your name.




Loading map...



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 658009
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
10/23/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 652858
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
04/23/2025
Fernanda Ferrari
Foto
Photography ID: 569420
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
01/26/2024
Margarita Cervio
Foto
Photography ID: 557488
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
11/26/2023
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 486975
♂ ♀  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
03/23/2022
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 446373
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
01/17/2020
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 434105
♂ ♀  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
02/19/2021
Hugo Alberto Valderrey



 View all photographs of the species




 Add a photography of this species




Last Vocalizations published




 Add an audio of this species




Last Filmings published




 Add a film of this species




 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237984223/10/2025ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
236635823/04/2025ArgentinaLa PampaPiletones de Corpico, General PicoFernanda Ferrari
196856526/01/2024ArgentinaLa PampaPatio de mi casa, General PicoMargarita Cervio
192111426/11/2023ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
156268623/03/2022ArgentinaLa PampaParque Recreativo Bencio Delfín Pérez, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
164625519/02/2021ArgentinaLa PampaPiletones de Corpico, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
140740617/01/2020ArgentinaLa PampaBarrio Pueblo Nuevo, General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
Page 1

 Add a record of this species

Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Paper Wasp (Polistes cavapyta) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.