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

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- 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
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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
Agbára oró
Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.The median wasp is not usually aggressive. It will sting if it feels its nest is threatened, so keep well away from nests.1
Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
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
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 Median 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
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
Olùfọ́ àròsọ
Àròsọ: Queens are hornets because of their reddish colour.
Òtítọ́: The queen is a median wasp. She can be told apart by the yellow spots on her thorax and her deep black colour.1
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Dolichovespula media
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Oyin, agbọ́n àti agbọ́n ńlá
- Ìdílé
- Vespidae2
- Ètò
- Hymenoptera
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Yúróòpù, Éṣíà
- Àwọn ọmọ
- A single queen starts each nest in early May and rears about 10 workers herself. Each colony can grow to about 1000 cells, and around 800 wasps reach adulthood.1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Median wasp (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dolichovespula media (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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