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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

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35.1728, -80.8544

Field Notes

Description:

mistaken for a yellow jacket because of its yellow and black pattern; second picture is of the larvae which is cream colored and fatter than the adults

Habitat:

Urban schoolyard

Notes:

These wasps are tenacious. They build their nests in the holes in the poles of our school chain link fence. They get cleaned out for the protection of unsuspecting children who play close by but they build right back. We have also seen them in birdhouses on campus

Reference Links:

European Paper Wasp — Entomology — Penn State University

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
Parental care in insects and other invertebrates
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Global Schoolyard Bioblitz!
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PublishedAugust 27, 2015

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