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name       Riley
status     student
age        5

Question - What do red paper wasps eat?

Most adult paper wasps are predators and scavengers, that is they will catch
and eat other insects or eat already dead things. Many kill an insect or
spider to put in the bottom of a tube and lay an egg on the victim, and that
is what the larvae eat. I am not sure about red paper wasps specifically,
though.
J. Elliott
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