Northern Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus insect

Paper wasps. P. fuscatus is the native northern one; the European P. dominula is refused below.

31 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine AsterAster alpinuswildflower · June-JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberField PussytoesAntennaria neglectagroundcover · May-JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JunePearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-Oct

gathers pollen at

Broad-leaved ArrowheadSagittaria latifoliaaquatic · July-AugustFalse Solomon's SealMaianthemum amplexicaulewildflower · May-JuneFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-Aug

lays eggs on

Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBur OakQuercus macrocarpatree · May