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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
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Wasp -
Polistes dominula
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Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, USA
August 21, 2017
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GFreitag
on 25 August, 2017 - 11:13am
Last updated 25 August, 2017 - 6:23pm
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These are all females.
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Bob Biagi
, 25 August, 2017 - 6:23pm
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Species...
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Polistes dominula
- European Paper Wasp; see here:
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Jim Moore
, 25 August, 2017 - 11:20am
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Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp
Thank you, I have a fair number of these in my yard, and possibly other species too. I have had a number of people say I should get rid of them, but I consider them to be beneficial as pollinators and, they are the only ones I have seen go after earwigs, even the birds seem to ignore the earwigs.
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GFreitag
, 25 August, 2017 - 12:59pm
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