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Distribution
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Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe. |
Biology |
Social, constructing communal paper nests. Larvae are fed
on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars. |
Reference |
Richards, O.W.
1982. A revision of the genus
Belonogaster de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Vol 44: 31-114. |
Credits
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Page developed by Nicole Larsen.
Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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