Dark paper wasp
The dark paper wasp is a social wasp that lives across eastern North America, from southern Canada to Texas and Florida. It often builds its papery nest near people, especially where wood is easy to find. Only the females can sting, and they live in colonies with a clear pecking order.1

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- Slender body with a narrow waist between the chest and the abdomen1
- About 15 to 21 mm long1
- Northern females are mostly black all over, and may or may not have other markings1
- Southern individuals often have yellow or brown and black markings on the face and abdomen, and the patterns vary a lot1
- Males have darkened tips to their antennae1
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: Southern individuals often have extra markings and can resemble wasps of other species. Northern females are usually almost entirely black, which can help tell them apart.1
Agbára oró
Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.
Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?
Only the female has a venomous sting. The pain is commonly compared to being pricked with a large needle, such as a tattoo needle.1
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
Colony members defend the nest together, and the foundress is the most aggressive defender because she has the most invested in the colony.1
Bí ó bá ta ni
- Ha ẹ̀gún ìtani oyin jáde kí o sì tu ibẹ̀ lára.
- Bí ẹni náà bá ń mí pẹ̀lú ìṣòro, tí ojú tàbí ọ̀fun rẹ̀ wú, tàbí tí ó ń fẹ́ dákú, pàjáwìrì àléjì ni: pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ kí o sì lo kálámù abẹ́rẹ́ adrenaline rẹ̀ (auto-injector) bí ó bá ní ọ̀kan.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí ọ̀kan bá ta ọ́: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
ó gùn tó pínì ìwé (paper clip)
lè fò kọjá gbogbo pápá bọ́ọ̀lù ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 15Báwo ni Dark paper wasp ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
Non-resident wasps are often chased out of the nest within the first five minutes of entering it.1
Dominance in the colony depends on fertility, and wasps with larger or more developed ovaries usually rank higher.1
Another wasp species, Polistes dominula, has been displacing this species in many areas where it once dominated.1
A colony can contain well over 200 wasps.1
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Polistes fuscatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Polistes fuscatus (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.
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