Bloom Native gardener's
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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies
  7. Umbrella Paper Wasps
  8. Fuscatus-group Paper Wasps
  9. Metric Paper Wasp

species 34,810 observations

Metric Paper Wasp

Polistes metricus

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

326 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Swamp Smartweed, Canada Goldenrod, Wild Poinsettia, Frostweed 12
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Late Boneset, Clustered Mountainmint, Tall Goldenrod, Partridge Pea 314

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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