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Downy Yellowjacket

Vespula flavopilosa

The Downy Yellowjacket is a small, buzzing insect known for its bright yellow and black stripes. They live in nests and can often be seen flying around flowers and food during the summer.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

The Downy Yellowjacket is a medium-sized wasp with striking yellow and black bands across its abdomen. It has a distinctive black anchor-shaped marking on its yellow face and fine, yellowish hairs that give it a slightly fuzzy appearance, differentiating it from other smooth-bodied wasps.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraVespidaeVespula
Downy Yellowjacket
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Downy Yellowjacket

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

3/5 · 中程度

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おもしろい事実

Downy Yellowjackets help control garden pests by hunting other insects.

Only the queen yellowjacket survives winter to start a new colony in spring!

These tiny wasps build amazing paper nests by chewing up wood fibers!

They sometimes try to share your sweet picnic drinks and sugary snacks!

特殊能力

能力

Stinging Defense

Downy Yellowjacket can deliver a painful sting because of a barbed stinger that helps them defend their nest.

能力

Colony Communication

Downy Yellowjacket has special chemical signals, called pheromones, that help them alert the colony to danger or food.

能力

Paper Architect

Downy Yellowjacket can chew wood fibers into pulp that helps them build intricate, multi-layered paper nests.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
20-35 mm
サイズ
10-17 mm
寿命
15-45 日
飛行速度
20 km/h
脚の数
6
コロニーの大きさ
5000

食性と食事

They eat both sweet nectar for energy and protein-rich insects to feed their young.

年齢による違い: Larvae are fed chewed up insects, while adults primarily consume sugary liquids.

主な食物

  • nectar
  • fruit sap
  • flies
  • caterpillars
  • spiders

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

eaten by

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Digs up nests to eat larvae and adult wasps.

hunts

Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Hunts caterpillars to feed its growing young in the nest.

pollinates

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Visits flowers for nectar, incidentally transferring pollen.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

3/5 · 中程度

Be careful around yellowjackets; they can sting if they feel threatened.

よくある質問

Downy Yellowjacketの翼開長は何ですか?

20-35 mm

Downy Yellowjacketのサイズは何ですか?

10-17 mm

Downy Yellowjacketの寿命は何ですか?

15-45 日

Downy Yellowjacketの飛行速度は何ですか?

20 km/h

Downy Yellowjacketは何を食べますか?

They eat both sweet nectar for energy and protein-rich insects to feed their young.

Downy Yellowjacketは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Downy Yellowjacketはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Downy Yellowjacketの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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