Another wasp attracted to the boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) in the Butterfly Meadow. This Polistes species is native, unlike the Polistes dominula. Both are quite harmless, though people don't always think so. They attack only if they feel their nest is threatened, and even then, it takes some doing to get them to sting you! The P. dominula is even more passive and I've frequently been around their nests taking photos while they back off and wait for me to leave.