German wasp
The German wasp is a black and yellow social wasp that lives in colonies. It is native to Europe, Northern Africa and temperate Asia, but it has spread to many other parts of the world. Because it competes with local wildlife, it is treated as a pest in most areas outside its native range.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- About 13 mm long, with typical wasp colours of black and yellow1
- Workers have three tiny black dots on the clypeus (the front part of the head, between the eyes and mouthparts)1
- Black marks on the abdomen are highly variable, so they are not a reliable way to identify it1
- Grey paper nests, often in the soil or in attics1
Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: The German wasp is very similar to the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris). Unlike the common wasp, it has three tiny black dots on the clypeus, but this only applies to workers. In males, the normally unbroken black mark on the common wasp's clypeus can look broken, which makes it hard to tell the two apart. Members of Vespula are also often confused with the paper wasp Polistes dominula.1
Bɔre ahoɔden
Bɔre fi ne dua ano nsɔe (stinger) mu ba.
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.
Sɛ ɛwɔ a
- Fa biribi twitwiw wowa no dua (stinger) no fi mu, na dwo baabi no.
- Sɛ onipa no ntumi nhome yie, n'anim anaa ne mene mu hono, anaa ɛyɛ no sɛ ɔrebɛtɔ piti a, ɛyɛ allergy ahohiahia: frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma na fa n'adrenaline pen (auto-injector) wɔ no sɛ ɔwɔ bi a.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ baako wɔ wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
Wiase mu baabi bɛn?
Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?
Ne tenten te sɛn?
Ne mu duru te sɛn?
ɛyɛ ketewa araa sɛ ɛbɛtumi atena wo nsateaa ano
ne mu yɛ hare araa sɛ worente nka wɔ wo nsa so
ɛbɛtumi atu atwa bɔɔlobɔ agodibea mu nyinaa wɔ anibu 16 muGerman wasp kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.
Ne ntɛm te sɛn?
Nsɛm
German wasps are invasive. They have spread to many continents and are especially successful at colonising new areas.1
They can outcompete many other animals for food, which has caused considerable harm to native wildlife where they have invaded.1
Female bee moths (Aphomia sociella) sometimes lay eggs in German wasp nests. Their larvae feed on the eggs, larvae and pupae, and can destroy large parts of the nest.1
In Australia, nests can grow very large and some survive the winter. In England, none of the nests in the study survive the winter.1
Queens mate with between one and seven males, and workers can lay eggs, although worker policing keeps most of their sons from reaching adulthood.1
Colonies grow rapidly over summer, with a large increase in worker numbers and nest size. In late summer, the colony focuses on producing new queens and males.1
Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: German wasps are paper wasps because they build grey paper nests.
Nokorɛ: The name is used by mistake. Strictly speaking, paper wasps belong to the subfamily Polistinae, while German wasps belong to the genus Vespula.1
Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Vespula germanica
- Kuo
- Wowa, kotokurodu ne kotokurodu akɛseɛ
- Abusua
- Vespidae2
- Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
- Hymenoptera
- Asaase akɛseɛ
- Yuropu, Asia, Abibirem
- Mmofra nketewa
- A single queen starts a nest in spring and lays eggs in hexagonal cells, with one wasp developing in each cell through the egg, larva and pupa stages.1
- Asiane ma nnipa
- 2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Vespula germanica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vespula germanica (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
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