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

Como recoñecelo
- 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
Adoita confundirse con: 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
Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae por un ferrete.
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.
Se pica
- Rasca para quitar o ferrete da abella e arrefría a zona.
- Se a persoa ten dificultade para respirar, a cara ou a gorxa inchadas, ou sente que se vai desmaiar, é unha emerxencia alérxica: chama ao teu número de emerxencias e usa o seu autoinxector de adrenalina se ten un.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se un te pica: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.
Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
Canto pesa?
tan pequeno que cabe na túa unlla
tan lixeiro que non o notarías na man
podería cruzar voando un campo de fútbol enteiro en 16 segundosQue tamaño ten German wasp comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
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
Desmontamitos
Mito: German wasps are paper wasps because they build grey paper nests.
Verdade: The name is used by mistake. Strictly speaking, paper wasps belong to the subfamily Polistinae, while German wasps belong to the genus Vespula.1
Para expertos en pezoñas
- Nome científico
- Vespula germanica
- Grupo
- Abellas, avespas e avespóns
- Familia
- Vespidae2
- Orde
- Hymenoptera
- Continentes
- Europa, Asia, África
- Crías
- 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
- Perigo para as persoas
- 2 / 5: Doloroso3
De onde veñen os datos
- Vespula germanica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Vespula germanica (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
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