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Bald-faced hornet

Dolichovespula maculata
Davart il num: "Bald" comes from "piebald", a word for a black and white pattern, which refers to the white markings on its face.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns PiztgadasMangia: In pau da tut
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en
North America, including Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the US and most of the eastern US. Most common in the Southeastern US.1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in forested areas and in vegetation in towns and cities. Nests are usually in trees and bushes, but sometimes under rock overhangs or on the sides of buildings, from 0.3 m to 20 m above the ground. People meet it when they walk too close to a nest or when a nest is built near homes.1
Lunghezza
1,9 cm (0,7 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 26 km/h (16 mph)
Sgular, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Adults hunt flies, caterpillars, spiders and other insects, which they chew up and feed to the larvae. They also drink flower nectar, eat fruit such as apples, and have been known to scavenge raw meat.1
Propi!Foto da Bald-faced hornet
Bald-faced hornet. Foto: Amy Schnebelin. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Savens confundì cun: 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

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Workers defend the nest by stinging repeatedly and can squirt venom into the eyes of intruders.1

Sch'el piztga

  • Sgratta ora l'aguigl d'avieul e sfradenta il lieu.
  • Sche la persuna ha difficultads da respirar, unfladiras da la fatscha u da la gula, u sch'ella sa senta sco da svanir, è quai ina urgenza allergica: clama tes numer d'urgenza e duvra sia penna d'adrenalina, sch'ella ha ina.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Bald-faced hornet circa 1,9 cm lung (0,7 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

It can spray venom from its stinger into the eyes of nest intruders, causing temporary blindness.1

2

Its colony can have 400 to 700 workers, the largest recorded colony size in its genus, Dolichovespula.1

3

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

4

Its nests are made from chewed wood fibres mixed with saliva, which dries into a papery structure.1

5

A colony lasts about 4 months in Washington, from mid-May to mid-September. Colonies in lower latitudes last longer.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is a true hornet.

Vardad: It is a yellowjacket wasp. True hornets belong to the genus Vespa.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Dolichovespula maculata
Gruppa
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns
Famiglia
Vespidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
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
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Dolichovespula maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dolichovespula maculata (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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