Median wasp
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

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- 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
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ 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
ሓይሊ መርዚ
መርዚ ብመንደፊ እዩ ዝወጽእ።
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።The median wasp is not usually aggressive. It will sting if it feels its nest is threatened, so keep well away from nests.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
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
እንተ ነዲፉ
- ናይ ንህቢ መንደፊ ፍሒቕካ ኣውጽኦ፣ ነቲ ቦታ ድማ ኣዝሕሎ።
- እቲ ሰብ ጸገም ምስትንፋስ፣ ሕበጥ ገጽ ወይ ጎሮሮ እንተ ኣለዎ፣ ወይ ኣእምሮኡ ክስሕት ከም ዝቐረበ እንተ ተሰምዖ፣ ህጹጽ ኣለርጂ እዩ፦ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል፣ እንተ ኣለዎ ድማ ናይ ኣድሬናሊን መርፍኡ (ኣድሬናሊን ፔን) ተጠቐም።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- ሓደ እንተ ነዲፉካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ኣስታት ከም መሓዝ ወረቐት ይነውሕ
ምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ብ15 ካልኢት ነፊሩ ክሰግሮ ይኽእልMedian wasp ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
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
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ Queens are hornets because of their reddish colour.
ሓቂ፦ The queen is a median wasp. She can be told apart by the yellow spots on her thorax and her deep black colour.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Median wasp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dolichovespula media (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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