Heath Field Wasp
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Heath Field Wasp ( Polistes nimpha ) |
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The heather field wasp ( Polistes nimpha ) is a hymenoptera from the family of the wasps (Vespidae).
features
The queen reaches a body length of up to 16 mm, a worker up to 14 mm and a drone up to 15 mm.
Occurrence
The animals come from southern to central Europe east to Central Asia . Their distribution extends in the north approximately at the level of Brandenburg . The species is found preferentially in dry, warm locations on dry grassland and heather , in the south it is also found in reed beds . The flight time is from May to September.
Way of life
The nest is usually built on plant stems 5 to 30 centimeters above the ground. It consists of more than 100 cells and reaches a size of about 11 × 5 centimeters. It happens that nests are also founded polygynously . The drones have a territorial behavior and defend individual areas, for example on bushes, against other males during the mating season. Females are attracted by pheromones that are applied to leaves with their abdomen.
Diseases and parasites
The heather field wasp can be attacked by parasitoid fan-winged birds of the species Xenos vesparum .
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literature
- Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .
