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Old 19-11-2007, 04:14 PM
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Re: Wasp - with red marks

It's a queen of the wasp Dolichovespula media - new to UK in 1980, and now widespread throughout England, and into Southern Scotland. This has been a very good year for them

They nest in exposed places, constructing the nests in trees or bushes. The season finishes in late August or early September. The queens hibernate and emerge the following spring.
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