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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies
  7. Umbrella Paper Wasps
  8. Fuscatus-group Paper Wasps
  9. Golden Paper Wasp

species 9,199 observations

Golden Paper Wasp

Polistes aurifer

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

392 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Snow Buckwheat, Coffeeberry, Marsh Fleabane, Naked Buckwheat 33
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Buckwheat, Marsh Baccharis, Coyote Brush, Narrowleaf Milkweed 359

Range

United States

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

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