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European paper wasp

Polistes dominula
Davart il num: 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
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns PiztgadasMangia: Insects
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en
Southern Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia; introduced to New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the Americas1
Europa, Asia, Africa
Pagina iniziala
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
Lunghezza
8,5 mm fin 1,3 cm (0,3 in fin 0,5 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 25 km/h (16 mph)
Sgular, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
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
Propi!Foto da European paper wasp
European paper wasp. Foto: Bill Keim. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Savens confundì cun: 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

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

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?

European paper wasp circa 1,3 cm lung (0,5 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia unglapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 15 secundas

Quant grond è European paper wasp cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

Vardad: 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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Polistes dominula
Gruppa
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns
Famiglia
Vespidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
Europa, Asia, Africa
Poppins
Dominant females lay the eggs, and the queen starts laying in late March or early April.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. European paper wasp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Polistes dominula (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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