Polistes aurifer
Golden Paper Wasp
As recorded: Polistes aurifer de Saussure, 1853
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Eumenidae
- Collected by
- Nishida, G. M.
- Date
- November 8, 1979
- Locality
- Smuggler's Cove
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 8, 1979, Nishida, G. M. also collected 3 other specimens.
Polistes aurifer observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,087 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Colorado, US
(c) Christian Nunes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Hunts Dr, Drumheller, AB, CA
(c) parkasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Hunts Dr, Drumheller, AB, CA
(c) parkasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
University, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
(c) utah_klaus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Colusa County, CA, USA
(c) Sarah Reid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
Southbound Alumni Ave at Transit Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
(c) Lyra Silver, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Polistes aurifer. BPBM 54963. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38174415. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/54963.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38174415 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Coordinates recorded as 0, 0
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