Asian paper wasp
Polistes chinensis
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Polistes chinensis is a polistine vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes, and is commonly known as the Asian, Chinese or Japanese paper wasp. It is found in East Asia (in particular China and Japan). The subspecies Polistes chinensis antennalis is an invasive species in New Zealand, having arrived by 1979. It has established itself on both the North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand, and competes with native species for food so...
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