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Southern yellowjacket

Vespula squamosa

Maak net seerDit maak seer, maar dit sal jou nie ernstig skade doen nie.

Bye, wespe & perdebye

StekeEet: Vleis

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

The southern yellowjacket is a social wasp with black and yellow stripes and an orange queen. It lives in eastern North America and further south into Central America. Its nests are often in yards, parks and by roads, so people meet it often, and its stings are painful.1

Leef in

Eastern United States, south to Mexico and Guatemala, and as far south as Central America1

Noord-Amerika

Tuis

Nests are usually in unnatural or disturbed places such as yards, parks, picnic tables and roadsides, and in wall voids. Some colonies are in pine forests or hardwood forests. Most nests are underground, though some are above ground or in walls. The species is common in urban areas.1

Lengte

1,3 cm (0,5 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 23 km/h (14 mph)

Vlieënd, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It is predatory and mainly eats live insects, especially arthropods such as spiders and caterpillars. It also feeds on the flesh of dead prey. Adult workers bring food back to the larvae in the nest.1

Foto van Southern yellowjacket — Southern yellowjacket. Foto: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hoe om dit te herken

Black body with yellow striping over the whole body1
Clear wings and a hairless body1
About 1.3 cm long1
The queen is larger than the males and workers and is more orange in colour1
Has two stripes on its scuta1

Word dikwels verwar met: Its two stripes on the scuta are shared with V. sulphurea. The queen looks different from the workers and males, so check the colour and size of the wasp you see.1

Gifkrag

Steke

Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

Its stings are venomous, and the venom causes pain. Workers can sting several times in one attack.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

The species is considered a pest because its nests are close to people and can be large. Close contact with people commonly leads to multiple, painful stings. Disturbing a nest can result in several stings.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Workers release alarm pheromones that signal the rest of the colony to attack whatever threatens the nest. Their stings are typically used in defence of the colony.1

As dit steek

Skraap 'n byangel uit en koel die plek af.
As die persoon sukkel om asem te haal, die gesig of keel swel, of hy voel flou, is dit 'n allergiese noodgeval: bel jou noodnommer en gebruik sy adrenalienpen (outo-inspuiter) as hy een het.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou steek: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

klein genoeg om op jou vingernael te sitkan in 16 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot is Southern yellowjacket in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Huisvlieg omtrent 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Southern yellowjacket omtrent 23 km/h (14 mph)

'n Mens wat nael omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Most southern yellowjackets are social parasites: they build their nests around the nests of another species.1

About 85% of colonies start when a queen takes over a small nest of the eastern yellowjacket, V. maculifrons, and only about 15% are founded independently.1

Some nests are very large. One of the biggest reported was in a pine tree and the dirt beneath it, and it had over 50 combs in the trunk alone.1

In Florida and other southern coastal areas, some nests survive the winter and last for several years.1

Workers and queens use pheromones to communicate, with alarm signals for attacks and a different pheromone that attracts males to the queen.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Vespula squamosa
Groep: Bye, wespe & perdebye
Familie: Vespidae2
Orde: Hymenoptera
Kontinente: Noord-Amerika
Babas: The queen lays eggs that hatch into larvae, which enter the pupal stage after about a month.1
Gevaar vir mense: 2 / 5: Pynlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Vespula squamosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Vespula squamosa (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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