Grub Feasting. European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula, on Scabious columbaria, Small Scabious, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You'll often find 'Polistes dominulus' in the literature as well as on the internet. Johann Ludwig Christ (1739-1813), who named our Vespa, had the specific correctly as 'dominula', as recognised by the ICZN in 2011 also for 'Polistes'.
Here it is on Small Scabious, Scabiosa columbaria, where it's just hunted down a grub of some sort. Anyone out there known what it is? Anyway, I thought Dominula would fly away with it, but after a few nibbles it was dropped and our Wasp was on its way.
Grub Feasting. European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula, on Scabious columbaria, Small Scabious, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You'll often find 'Polistes dominulus' in the literature as well as on the internet. Johann Ludwig Christ (1739-1813), who named our Vespa, had the specific correctly as 'dominula', as recognised by the ICZN in 2011 also for 'Polistes'.
Here it is on Small Scabious, Scabiosa columbaria, where it's just hunted down a grub of some sort. Anyone out there known what it is? Anyway, I thought Dominula would fly away with it, but after a few nibbles it was dropped and our Wasp was on its way.