#3514 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

German Yellowjacket

🇳🇱 Duitse wesp ·Vespula germanica

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Sid Mosdell · CC BY 4.0
2. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © ingridaltmann · CC BY 4.0
6. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jean and Fred · CC BY 4.0
8. © Сергей Миляхин · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
10. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Vespula germanica ( European wasp , German wasp , or German yellowjacket ) is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. It has been introduced and is well-established in many other places, including North America, South America (Argentina and Chile), Australia, and New Zealand. German wasps are part of the family Vespidae and are sometimes mistakenly referred to as paper wasps because they build grey paper nests, although...

base stats

NL sightings 558iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,361iNaturalist observations
weight 0.1 gadult, up to
length 1.3 cmadult, up to

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).

fun facts

Spotted 558 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #12 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
52,361 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 1 cm long.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).