I just notice that Polistes exclamans, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133791-Polistes-exclamans, is called the Zebra Paper Wasp (formerly and still in the About page referred to as the Guinea Paper Wasp). Wondering how the common names are determined in iNat?
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