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Median wasp

Dolichovespula media

Sakit sahajaIa sakit, tetapi tidak akan mencederakan kamu dengan serius.

Lebah, penyengat & tebuan

SengatanMakan: Sedikit semuanya

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

The median wasp is a social wasp that lives across Europe and temperate Asia, as far east as Japan. It builds hanging paper nests in shrubs and trees, and sometimes under the eaves of buildings. It is usually calm, but it will sting if its nest is threatened.1

Hidup di

Throughout Europe and temperate Asia, east to Japan. Also recorded in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.1

Eropah, Asia

Laman utama

It builds aerial paper nests 1 to 5 metres above the ground, usually in shrubs, trees or under building eaves. Colonies are found in both urban and rural areas. The wasps prefer nests close to the ground, where humidity is higher, in open spots that get plenty of sun.1

Panjang

1.6 cm hingga 2.2 cm (0.6 in hingga 0.9 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 26 km/j (16 mph)

Terbang, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

Workers forage for insects, nectar and wood for building the nest. As it searches for prey, it pauses briefly over each flower. Larvae are fed small amounts of flesh, and adults also take liquid food.1

Gambar Median wasp — Median wasp. Gambar: carnifex. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Medium to large, about 16 to 22 mm long1
Yellow and black stripes on the abdomen1
Yellow clypeus (the face plate below the eyes) with a thin black central line1
Large yellow areas behind the eyes1
Shiny black thorax with four yellow spots that are tinted orange or red1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Queens are often mistaken for hornets because of their reddish colouring. They can be told apart by the yellow spots on the thorax and their deep black colour.1

Kuasa bisa

Sengatan

Bisa keluar melalui penyengat.

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

The median wasp is not usually aggressive. It will sting if it feels its nest is threatened, so keep well away from nests.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

A disturbed wasp first places its head at the nest entrance in an alert position, then flies quickly around the nest and may drop suddenly to the ground.1

Jika ia menyengat

Kikis keluar sengat lebah dan sejukkan tempat itu.
Jika orang itu sukar bernafas, muka atau tekak membengkak, atau rasa nak pengsan, ini kecemasan alahan: hubungi nombor kecemasan dan guna pen adrenalinanya jika dia ada.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menyengat kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

lebih kurang sepanjang klip kertasboleh terbang merentasi seluruh padang bola sepak dalam 15 saat

Berapa besar Median wasp berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Lalat rumah kira-kira 7 km/j (4.4 mph)

Median wasp kira-kira 26 km/j (16 mph)

Orang berlari pecut kira-kira 37 km/j (23 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Sisters share 0.75 of their genes by descent, which is higher than the 0.5 shared between full siblings, because of how sex is determined in this order of insects.1

The queen curls her body around the nest's central stalk, which is thought to help keep eggs and larvae warm.1

Workers sometimes police the nest, with the queen or other workers destroying eggs laid by other workers.1

Workers can forage at temperatures as low as 7 °C (45 °F).1

Its nests are made of paper pulp produced by chewing and digesting wood.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: Queens are hornets because of their reddish colour.

Hakikat: The queen is a median wasp. She can be told apart by the yellow spots on her thorax and her deep black colour.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Dolichovespula media
Kumpulan: Lebah, penyengat & tebuan
Keluarga: Vespidae2
Susunan: Hymenoptera
Benua-benua: Eropah, Asia
Anak: A single queen starts each nest in early May and rears about 10 workers herself. Each colony can grow to about 1000 cells, and around 800 wasps reach adulthood.1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 2 / 5: Menyakitkan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Median wasp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Dolichovespula media (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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