Talk:European paper wasp

Add Geographic Range section

Anyone who knows enough about wasps or has a field guide book should add a geographic range section for this article. --Ice Ardor 05:48, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Polistes dominulus vs Polistes gallicus

From what I knew recently, Polistes gallicus and Polistes dominulus are not the same species. Please check this comment from an European specialist. I think the page should be corrected -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:11, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Aggression

The assertions of aggression in this species are overblown and consist only of anecdotal (and probably apochryphal) evidence. Ditto the speculation the wasps in the U.S. feed mainly on caterpillars. I would like to see any evidence supporting same; the diatribe at Penn State website http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/dominulus.htm does not count; that article offers no evidence, either, only hyperbole.Nickrz (talk) 13:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect regional bias

This article seems to be strongly biased towards the invasive status of this species in the USA. However, of course it is a native species in Europe.

I suggest that the elements in the introduction concerning its status in the USA should be replaced by text about its status in its native lands, and that its status as an invasive species in the USA be removed to a specific section.

I am afraid I am not an expert on wasps, so I cannot do this. But as it stands, the article exhibits a regional bias that is inappropriate for an international encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is not just for the USA!--APRCooper (talk) 11:18, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

• The introductory text was re-organized -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
  • I came here to say the same thing. The reorganisation clearly didn't work! You can't say 'it's invasive' in the general introduction without specifying to where - ie you are assuming that the readers are all American!! This article as it stands has a huge US bias. I'm sure that's because that's because you're writing what you know about, but information on it in Europe should surely be given? Also you compare it to a yellowjacket (wasp where I come from) as if yellowjacket is one species, yet when I click on yellowjacket it covers lots of species of wasps, not just one. 86.150.102.220 (talk) 12:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Have re-ordered, and put the invasive species information after the biological details, as this makes more sense. 86.150.102.220 (talk) 12:59, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that reads much better now. --APRCooper (talk) 16:08, 22 September 2008 (UTC)