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European Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

The European Paper Wasp is a friendly insect that builds beautiful nests out of paper-like material. They are often seen flying around gardens and parks, helping to control pests.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The European Paper Wasp is a slender insect, typically yellow and black with long, reddish-orange antennae. Its body is less fuzzy than a bee and more elongated than a yellowjacket, with distinctive bright yellow markings on its face and a pinched 'waist'.

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European Paper Wasp

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult wasps mainly drink nectar and fruit juices for energy, but their babies need protein from hunted insects!

Queens can choose to cooperate and build a nest together, but only one will lay all the eggs!

These wasps often "sunbathe" to warm up their muscles for flight on cool mornings, like tiny solar panels!

Unlike honeybees, European Paper Wasps can sting multiple times without dying, though they usually prefer to flee.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Facial Recognition

European Paper Wasps can recognize individual nest mates by their unique facial patterns, helping maintain social order.

Fähigkeit

Pest Controllers

European Paper Wasps hunt and paralyze caterpillars and other insects to feed their young, helping control garden pests.

Fähigkeit

Chemical Communicators

European Paper Wasps have specialized glands that release pheromones, allowing them to communicate warnings or food sources.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-30 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
10-200

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults drink sweet nectar and juices for energy, while larvae eat protein-rich insects.

Altersunterschiede: Adult wasps feed on nectar and plant sap, but hunt insects to feed their carnivorous larvae.

Hauptnahrung

  • caterpillars
  • flies
  • nectar
  • fruit juices
  • spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Magpies are known to raid wasp nests for larvae and adults.

hunts

Small Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Wasp larvae feed on the caterpillars of this common butterfly.

parasitizes

Ruby-tailed Wasp

Chrysis ignita

This cuckoo wasp lays its eggs in European Paper Wasp nests.

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Adult wasps visit flowers like wild carrot for nectar.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

If you see a wasp, watch it from a distance and don't disturb its nest.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von European Paper Wasp?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von European Paper Wasp?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von European Paper Wasp?

30-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von European Paper Wasp?

20 km/h

Was frisst European Paper Wasp?

Adults drink sweet nectar and juices for energy, while larvae eat protein-rich insects.

Wo findet man European Paper Wasp normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt European Paper Wasp?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von European Paper Wasp?

6

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