Imagine Finding a Raspberry That Size! - _TNY_6145
If you find a social wasp in Sweden and it isn't a hornet - it belongs to one of two groups. Vespula or Dolichovespula where the latter contains seven different species.
When identifying this raspberry afficionado there is an quite easy tell.
Notice how there are two red markings on the second black field of the abdomen? That tells us this is a Norwegian wasp (Dolichovespula norwegica).
Now there is a subspecies of D. norwegica which lacks the red spots, but if it has them - it has to be this species.
Imagine Finding a Raspberry That Size! - _TNY_6145
If you find a social wasp in Sweden and it isn't a hornet - it belongs to one of two groups. Vespula or Dolichovespula where the latter contains seven different species.
When identifying this raspberry afficionado there is an quite easy tell.
Notice how there are two red markings on the second black field of the abdomen? That tells us this is a Norwegian wasp (Dolichovespula norwegica).
Now there is a subspecies of D. norwegica which lacks the red spots, but if it has them - it has to be this species.