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European paper wasp

Polistes dominula
Ku linnya: It is called the European paper wasp because of its native range in Europe and its nests, which are made from paper and saliva. The species name dominula is a noun meaning "little mistress".1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene KibojjaKirya: Ebiwuka
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The European paper wasp is a yellow and black social wasp that builds nests from chewed plant fibre mixed with saliva, which looks like grey paper. It lives in warm, temperate parts of Europe, North Africa and Asia, and it has spread to many other continents. It matters because it has become a common invasive species in North America.1

Kibeera mu
Southern Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia; introduced to New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the Americas1
Bulaaya, Asiya, Afirika
Awaka
It generally lives in temperate, land habitats such as chaparral, forest and grassland. It often nests on and around human buildings and structures, which give shelter and are close to food.1
Obuwanvu
8,5 mm okutuuka ku 1,3 cm (0,3 in okutuuka ku 0,5 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 25 km/h (16 mph)
Kibuuka, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats many different types of insects, which is more varied than most Polistes wasps, and this gives it an advantage when food is scarce.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya European paper wasp
European paper wasp. Ekifaananyi: Bill Keim. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Its body is coloured entirely yellow and black.1
  • The female's mandible (jaw) is black and sometimes has a yellow spot.1
  • The outer half of the antennae (feelers) is orange-yellow.1
  • Wings are about 8.5 to 13 mm long, with little variation between individuals.1
  • Males have curled antennae and no stinger.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Its yellow and black body is similar to that of Vespula germanica, one of the most common and defensive wasps in its native range. In older literature it was often confused with Polistes gallicus, which is now recognised as a separate species.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Its bright yellow and black colouring is a warning colour, and its nests are built in well-protected places to help it avoid predators.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Kalakata oggyemu eriggwa ly'enjuki era onyogoze ekifo.
  • Omuntu bw'aba nga tassa bulungi, ng'azimbye mu maaso oba mu mumiro, oba ng'awulira ng'agenda kuzirika, buno bubenje bwa alergy obw'amangu: kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze era kozesa empiso ye eya adrenaline (adrenaline pen) bw'aba nga agirina.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

European paper wasp kiwanvu nga 1,3 cm (0,5 in)Empeke y'omuceere nga 7 mm (0,3 in)Ekinusu kya yuro 1 nga 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
kitono nnyo nti kisobola okutuula ku lwala lwokyandisobodde okubuuka okusala ekisaawe ky'omupiira kyonna mu sikonda 15

European paper wasp kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its colonies can include many unrelated wasps: about 35% of the wasps in a colony are unrelated, which is unusual for social insects.1

2

Males' abdominal spots vary in size, location and pattern, and they signal social rank within the colony.1

3

If the queen is removed from a nest, the second most dominant female takes over her role.1

4

In spring, some North American colonies have been seen with more than 80 wasps joining to reuse and expand an old nest.1

5

The first North American record was in Massachusetts in the late 1970s, and it had spread across the northeastern USA by 1995.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The species name is sometimes spelled "dominulus", as authors wrongly assumed the name was an adjective.

Amazima: Dominula is a noun meaning "little mistress", so under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature it does not change when the species moves genus.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Polistes dominula
Ekibinja
Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene
Amaka
Vespidae2
Ensengeka
Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga
Bulaaya, Asiya, Afirika
Abaana abawere
Dominant females lay the eggs, and the queen starts laying in late March or early April.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. European paper wasp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Polistes dominula (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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