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Western yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica
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 western yellowjacket is a social wasp with a yellow and black body. It lives across the western half of North America and has spread to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is considered a major pest. Its colonies can grow very large in places without cold winters.1

Viva en
Western half of North America, from Mexico to western Canada, and the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in open forest, prairies, urban areas, gardens, parkland, meadows and houses. Nests are usually built 10 to 15 cm below ground or in dark cavities such as rodent burrows or old logs.1
Lunghezza
1,5 cm (0,6 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sgular, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Workers hunt insects and scavenge dead animals for meat, and feed on plant nectar for sugars. They chew prey into pieces, usually removing the head first from large insects, and in Hawaii they also raid honey bee colonies.1
Propi!Foto da Western yellowjacket
Western yellowjacket. Foto: Eugene Zelenko. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Yellow and black pattern, typical of social wasps in the genus Vespula1
  • Most females have a continuous yellow ring around each eye, known as an eye-loop1
  • A diamond-shaped black mark on the first tergum (the upper plate of the abdomen)1
  • Nests are made of wood fibres and enclosed in a paper envelope, with an entrance tunnel of 10 to 30 cm at the bottom1

Savens confundì cun: It is often misidentified as V. germanica, which has a similar diamond-shaped black mark. The continuous yellow eye-loop around each eye usually tells the western yellowjacket apart, though males often lack it.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.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Western yellowjacket circa 1,5 cm lung (0,6 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
pli curt che tes det pitschenpudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 16 secundas

Quant grond è Western yellowjacket cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Workers settle dominance within the nest by mauling, where one wasp chews on another that stays still.1

2

In Hawaii, the western yellowjacket has become so invasive that it is labelled a major pest.1

3

The nest is kept cleaner than those of many other social wasps, with waste, prey remains and dead larvae removed.1

4

Only the inseminated queen survives the winter, entering diapause (a resting state) until spring.1

5

Most foraging happens close to the nest, usually within about 335 metres, though some trips reach about 550 metres.1

6

Cold weather limits the number of western yellowjackets, but in places without cold winters their population can grow very quickly.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Vespula pensylvanica
Gruppa
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns
Famiglia
Vespidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
The queen lays the eggs, and the larvae are fed by the queen at first and later by the workers.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Vespula pensylvanica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Vespula pensylvanica (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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