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Polistes sp., Paper Wasp
DigiMorph Staff - The University of Texas at Austin
Polistes sp.
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Image processing: Dr. Jennifer Olori
Publication Date: 26 Nov 2008

wasp | nest

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About the Species

This specimen was made available to The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility for scanning by Dr. Timothy Rowe of The University of Texas at Austin. Funding for scanning was provided by a National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative grant to Dr. Rowe.

Specimen Photos

Dorsal view

Lateral view

Ventral view

About this Specimen

This specimen was scanned by Matthew Colbert and Philip Watson on 13 November 2004 along the coronal axis for a total of 540 slices. Each 1024x1024 pixel slice is 0.03223 mm thick, with an interslice spacing of 0.03223 mm and a field of reconstruction of 15 mm.

About the
Scan

Links

Polistes page from the Field Guide to Texas Insects (Texas A&M University)

Literature
& Links

None available

Additional
Imagery

To cite this page: DigiMorph Staff, 2008, "Polistes sp." (On-line), Digital Morphology. Accessed April 19, 2024 at http://digimorph.org/specimens/Polistes_sp/wasp/.

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