What kind of wasp?

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HeatherJoy Citrus Heights, CA Jun 29, 2014

These hang around our Hummingbird feeders and seem to eat the nectar. In the second picture, he seems to be rubbing his back/abdomen (?) ... Maybe rubbing nectar on himself? I thought I read they eat bugs, not nectar... Could this be a yellowjacket?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 29, 2014

This is a European paper wasp, Polistes dominula -
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/dominulus-or-european-paper-wasp

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HeatherJoy Citrus Heights, CA Jun 29, 2014

Thanks! I thought so.... I think they set up house in one of our bird houses. My husband is spraying them as we speak. Yuck!

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