#3558 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Median Wasp

🇳🇱 Middelste wesp ·Dolichovespula media

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Castricum, Nederland:© Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Rockanje, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hilversum, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The median wasp ( Dolichovespula media ) is a species of social wasp of the family Vespidae found throughout Europe and Asia. It builds aerial paper nests often in shrubs or trees, and occasionally under the eaves of buildings. 3 month colony cycle. Behaviors of this wasp include nest defense, curling which is believed to function in brood incubation, and gastral vibration which is...

base stats

NL sightings 79iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,840iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).