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  1. Life
  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
  10. Supported by
  11. Food plants

Food plants for Metric Paper Wasp

12 native plants it feeds on, most recorded first.

  • Swamp Smartweed Persicaria hydropiperoides 8 records
  • Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis keystone 3 records
  • Wild Poinsettia Euphorbia cyathophora 3 records
  • Frostweed Verbesina virginica 2 records
  • Mealy Blue Sage Salvia farinacea 2 records
  • Strawberry Bush Euonymus americanus 2 records
  • Narrowleaf Mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 2 records
  • White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 2 records
  • Musky Mint Hyptis alata 2 records
  • Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa keystone 2 records
  • American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia 1 record
  • Shrubby Boneset Ageratina havanensis 1 record

Not native to the US

7 plants, most recorded first.

  • Streaked Rattlepod Crotalaria pallida 4 records · introduced
  • Wild Carrot Daucus carota 2 records · introduced
  • Lilac Chaste Tree Vitex agnus-castus 2 records · introduced
  • Egyptian Star-cluster Pentas lanceolata 2 records · introduced
  • Tropical Bushmint Hyptis mutabilis 2 records · introduced
  • Bushkiller Causonis japonica 1 record · introduced
  • Red Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia 1 record · introduced

Nativity unknown

2 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

  • Pears Pyrus 1 record · genus
  • Basils Ocimum 1 record · genus

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