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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

Photo by Small Wonders
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Collecting food (a monarch caterpillar) for its young.

Notes:

This is 1 of 2 monarch caterpillars found on my Butterfly weed in August.
Fortunately, the other managed to escape predation & entered the world as a butterfly on September 1st!

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Great find! I like action shots a lot! Learning about what makes them tick!

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