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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. Dominula-group Paper Wasps
  9. European Paper Wasp

species 104,664 observations

European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Status
introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

226 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Narrowleaf Milkweed, Marsh Baccharis, Hairy Gumweed, Toyon 28
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Swamp Milkweed, Common Yarrow, California Buckwheat, Flat-top White Aster 197
  • Shelter plants Plants it nests or roosts in Frémont Cottonwood 1

Range

United States

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

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