Wasps and flies
Jan 9, 2019 15:36:49 #
SueScott wrote:
We know them as yellow jackets - nasty critters but very good shots of them!
Thank you Sue...
Jan 9, 2019 16:38:04 #
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Jan 9, 2019 17:14:27 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Great shots, Ron! Mean little critters they are!
Thanks Donna...mean for sure..
Jan 9, 2019 17:14:47 #
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Jan 10, 2019 21:42:59 #
suci wrote:
Nice shots of some unfriendly critters.
Thank you Janos..
Jan 13, 2019 05:26:21 #
SX2002 wrote:
Found this Eurpean Wasp in our garden this morning... (show quote)
I agree with Vespula, but not germánica. this wasp is too yellow. V. germánica is distinctly orangish, eyes much more elongate and almost honey colored. And about 30mm for workers.
They are feeding on a very rotted fungus. Look lower right last shot, the wet, brown spots are the giveaway. Russula, Amanita, Agaracus and most boletes do this. Stinkhorns are famously odoriferous when they rot. Spore dispersal method.
Bill
Looking closer, the dark shape is the mushroom. Rusulla shaped, concave cap.
Jan 13, 2019 18:24:11 #
Still a European Wasp to me Bill...identical markings...the lighter colour is probably due to the exposure I had set...
"European wasp" redirects here. For a similar species known as "European wasp", see Vespula vulgaris.
European wasp
European wasp white bg.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Species: V. germanica
Binomial name
Vespula germanica
(Fabricius, 1793)
German Wasp distribution map.png
Distribution map of European wasp
blue : native, red : introduced
Vespula germanica (European wasp, German wasp, or German yellowjacket) is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. It has been introduced and is well-established in many other places, including North America, South America (Argentina and Chile), Australia, and New Zealand. German wasps are part of the family Vespidae and are sometimes mistakenly referred to as paper wasps because they build grey paper nests, although strictly speaking, paper wasps are part of the subfamily Polistinae. In North America, they are also known as yellowjackets.
"European wasp" redirects here. For a similar species known as "European wasp", see Vespula vulgaris.
European wasp
European wasp white bg.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Species: V. germanica
Binomial name
Vespula germanica
(Fabricius, 1793)
German Wasp distribution map.png
Distribution map of European wasp
blue : native, red : introduced
Vespula germanica (European wasp, German wasp, or German yellowjacket) is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. It has been introduced and is well-established in many other places, including North America, South America (Argentina and Chile), Australia, and New Zealand. German wasps are part of the family Vespidae and are sometimes mistakenly referred to as paper wasps because they build grey paper nests, although strictly speaking, paper wasps are part of the subfamily Polistinae. In North America, they are also known as yellowjackets.
Jan 13, 2019 18:31:45 #
SX2002 wrote:
Still a European Wasp to me Bill...identical marki... (show quote)
I bow to that. Name dispute, but same creature. In the US a species of Vespa, a nocturnal one, very large , are called germánica. This all changes as the pros from Dover change their collective minds. Taxonomy is in constant flux. Regardless, nice work, Sir.
Bill
Jan 13, 2019 18:35:45 #
newtoyou wrote:
I bow to that. Name dispute, but same creature. In the US a species of Vespa, a nocturnal one, very large , are called germánica. This all changes as the pros from Dover change their collective minds. Taxonomy is in constant flux. Regardless, nice work, Sir.
Bill
Bill
Wasps always confuse me Bill, there are so many very similar. I usually get on to a web site here... http://ewasp.com.au/ if I need an ID..
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