Bald-faced hornet
The bald-faced hornet is a wasp with a striking black and white body and a white face. It builds large, hanging paper nests in trees and bushes across North America. Its workers will defend the nest by stinging repeatedly, so it is important to keep well away from its nests.1

Nola ezagutu
- Black and white colouring, unlike other yellowjackets of its genus, which are mostly black and yellow1
- A white or "bald" face1
- Three white stripes at the end of the body1
- Adults average about 19 mm long, larger than other Dolichovespula species1
- A large, egg-shaped, grey paper nest that hangs from trees or bushes, up to 58 cm long1
Askotan honekin nahasten da: Other Dolichovespula wasps are mostly black and yellow. The bald-faced hornet's black and white colouring and white face set it apart. It is not one of the true hornets, which belong to the genus Vespa.1
Pozoi-ahalmena
Pozoia ezten batetik ateratzen da.
Zer egiten du bere pozoiak?
Workers can squirt venom from the stinger into the eyes of animals that intrude on the nest. The venom makes the eyes water immediately and causes temporary blindness.1
Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?
Arriskua pertsonentzat: MingarriaBenetan min handia eman dezake, baina ia inoiz ez da larria.It is aggressive when defending its nest. Workers sting repeatedly, and colonies can have 400 to 700 workers. The risk is highest when people walk too close to a nest or when a nest is built near homes.1
Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?
Workers defend the nest by stinging repeatedly and can squirt venom into the eyes of intruders.1
Ziztatzen badu
- Atera erlearen eztena karrakatuz eta hoztu lekua.
- Pertsonak arnasa hartzeko zailtasunak baditu, aurpegia edo eztarria hanpatuta baditu, edo zorabiatzen ari dela sentitzen badu, larrialdi alergikoa da: deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira eta erabili bere adrenalina-autoinjektagailua, baldin badu.
Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak
Egon seguru
- Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
- Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
- Batek ziztatzen bazaitu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.
Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago
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futbol-zelai oso bat hegan zeharka lezake 15 segundotanZein handia da Bald-faced hornet ZUREKIN alderatuta?
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Datuak
It can spray venom from its stinger into the eyes of nest intruders, causing temporary blindness.1
Its colony can have 400 to 700 workers, the largest recorded colony size in its genus, Dolichovespula.1
Female bee moths can lay eggs in its nests, and the hatched larvae feed on the eggs, larvae and pupae inside, sometimes destroying large parts of the nest.1
Its nests are made from chewed wood fibres mixed with saliva, which dries into a papery structure.1
A colony lasts about 4 months in Washington, from mid-May to mid-September. Colonies in lower latitudes last longer.1
Mito-hauslea
Mitoa: It is a true hornet.
Egia: It is a yellowjacket wasp. True hornets belong to the genus Vespa.1
Pozoi-adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Dolichovespula maculata
- Taldea
- Erleak, liztorrak eta erlastarrak
- Familia
- Vespidae2
- Ordena
- Hymenoptera
- Kontinenteak
- Ipar Amerika
- Kumeak
- A single queen starts each new nest in spring, laying eggs that hatch into workers, and later lays eggs that become males and new queens.1
- Arriskua pertsonentzat
- 2 / 5: Mingarria3
Datuak nondik datozen
- Dolichovespula maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dolichovespula maculata (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
- Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.
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