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Mexican Paper Wasp
Polistes instabilis
The Cooperative Nest-Builder. The Cooperative Nest-Builder. Shared work can create complex, resilient homes from the simplest materials.
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Invertebrate · Native range keys: north_america · Relatively common
Known for: Recognized in AnimalDex as Mexican Paper Wasp, Indexed profile #1936
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Understand the Mexican Paper Wasp
Factual biology first: what this animal is like, where it lives, how it survives, and why those traits exist.
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Introduction to Mexican Paper Wasp
The Cooperative Nest-Builder. The Cooperative Nest-Builder. Shared work can create complex, resilient homes from the simplest materials.
How to identify a Mexican Paper Wasp
- Recognized in AnimalDex as Mexican Paper Wasp
- Indexed profile #1936
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Adaptations and biological abilities
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Why does Mexican Paper Wasp behave this way?
- Collaborate efficiently to achieve common goals.
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Why Native range keys: north_america.?
Habitat: Native range keys: north_america.
Native range: Native range keys: north_america.
Native range
Natural range, not this specific capture location.
Native range keys: north_america.
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Why this diet?
Mexican Paper Wasp eats the foods its body design and habitat make easiest to access. Diet can shift across seasons, life stages, and local competition.
- The most accessible prey or plant foods in its habitat
- Energy-rich foods that match its size and behavior
- Seasonal resources available in the local environment
A practical answer for Mexican Paper Wasp always depends on what food is actually available in native range keys: north_america..
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Conservation and rarity
Rarity: Relatively common · 24/100. AnimalDex canonical rarity score: 24/100, maintained by the live indexed species profile.
- Observe from a respectful distance and avoid changing the animal's behavior.
- Do not block feeding, shelter, nesting, or travel routes.
- Use a live camera capture without handling or staging wildlife.
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Where to find them
Where to find Mexican Paper Wasp
To find Mexican Paper Wasp in the wild, focus on the exact habitat patches that match its body design and daily behavior, not just the broad country where it exists. You usually do better by working one good piece of habitat inside native range keys: north_america. than by covering too much ground.
- Native range keys: north_america.
- Protected habitat blocks within native range keys: north_america.
Animal field guide
Mexican Paper Wasp
The Cooperative Nest-Builder. Shared work can create complex, resilient homes from the simplest materials.
Native range
Natural range, not this capture location
Native range keys: north_america.
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Dominance
19
Speed
63
Size
4
Intelligence
10
Rarity
24%
Total
120
Size scale
Scientific name
Polistes instabilis
Category
Invertebrate
Habitat
Native range keys: north_america.
Rarity
Relatively common · 24/100
Native range
Native range keys: north_america.
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