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25-08-2009, 12:27 PM
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| | | Wasp ID please
Hi,
I photographed these dozy specimens feasing on rotten apples in Devon.
I'm thinking German workers...?  
Last edited by zeopold; 25-08-2009 at 12:41 PM.
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25-08-2009, 12:58 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp ID please
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  | Jason, thanks for linking the full size images, still trying to get the hang of using thumbnails here...
Thanks for the ID. Any idea of gender? : ) |
25-08-2009, 01:04 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp ID please
Well, I had to correct the first URL again that I thought I had already corrected! You just need to remove ' /thumbs' from the image URL to get the full-size one. Better still, use the code from below your photograph's page, entitled ' Linked Thumbnail'. Paste it into your threads and it will appear like this:
Clicking them will take you to a page where you'll see the image, plus the opportuity to post messages underneath them, etc, 
Last edited by Jason Green; 25-08-2009 at 01:07 PM.
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25-08-2009, 09:20 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp ID please
Thanks Jason, now it is clear. Something in those apples mellows them out. Alcohol? I took those pics from about 2cm away with my Blackberryand they were cool with it.
Any thoughts on gender? Obviously a sting is a giveaway, but any other clues in the pics? I'm thinking long droopy antennae and an extra segment in the gaster could signify a male.  Markings? |
26-08-2009, 01:21 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp ID please
I have a feeling these are the German Wasp, Vespula germanica. The face shows two spots and a dark central patch, where normally the dark patch should only be a blob it seems sometimes that becomes more like the Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris. That however has an achor shaped mark on the face.
Another character I notice is the diagonal shoulder stripe, in V. gemanica it usually has a pointed area about midway on the outer edge, I haven't noticed that on V. vulgaris.
Janet |
26-08-2009, 01:33 PM
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...I still think the abdomen markings, especially the one nearest the thorax, is vulgaris |
02-09-2009, 10:38 AM
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| | | Re: Wasp ID please
In the second pic, both specimens are V. germanica. In the first pic there could be a couple of V. vulgaris and a single V. germanica | | |
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