Common wasp
PicadesThe common wasp is a yellow and black wasp that lives in colonies. It is found in parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America, and it often comes into gardens, orchards and buildings. It matters because it can sting people and damage fruit crops.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Black and yellow warning colours, with yellow bands on the thorax and black dots and rings on the abdomen.1
- Seen from the front, the face has a single black mark on the clypeus, shaped like an anchor or a dagger.1
- Workers measure about 12–17 mm from head to tip of abdomen, while queens are about 20 mm long.1
- Its paper nest is brittle and tan coloured, with open cells and a column attaching it to the surface.1
Sovint es confon amb: The common wasp looks very similar to Vespula germanica, the German wasp. Seen head on, the German wasp has three black dots on its face, while the common wasp has only one black mark. Males of the two species are almost impossible to tell apart by eye and need the shape of their genitalia to identify them.1
Poder del verí
El verí surt per un fibló.
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: DolorósPot fer molt de mal, però gairebé mai no és greu.The common wasp frequently damages fruit crops and can endanger humans.1
Si pica
- Rasca el fibló de l'abella per treure'l i refreda la zona.
- Si a la persona li costa respirar, se li infla la cara o la gola, o sent que es mareja, és una emergència al·lèrgica: truca al número d'emergències i fes servir el seu autoinjector d'adrenalina si en té.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n pica un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
més o menys el que fa de llarg un clip
podria travessar volant un camp de futbol sencer en 16 segonsQue gran és Common wasp comparat amb TU?
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Com de ràpid va?
Dades
The nest has a chemical that repels ants, which is spread around the base of the nest column to stop ants attacking it.1
Workers use their wings as fans to cool the nest when it gets too hot, as its best temperature is around 32 °C.1
A new queen searches for a nest site and performs a dance-like wing movement that helps her find the spot again after she has left.1
The wasps mark the path from their nest to their food with pheromone trails, which are specific to the species rather than to each colony.1
The queen dies in autumn, and once she is gone the colony breaks down and the workers die of cold or starvation.1
Desmuntamites
Mite: Common wasps found in North America are the same species as the common wasp of Europe.
Veritat: Until 2010 they were thought to be the same, but the North American ones are a different species, Vespula alascensis.1
D'on surten les dades
- Vespula vulgaris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vespula vulgaris (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
Cada dada d'aquesta pàgina té un número que porta a la seva font. Si ens hem equivocat en alguna cosa, perdona, som fans dels animals, no una revista científica. Escriu-nos a [email protected] i ho arreglarem.