Worker Scraping Wood for Nest

Male

Length: Queen 15-18mm, Worker 11-14mm, Male 13-15mm
Forewing Length: Queen 12.5-13mm, Worker 9-10mm, Male 10.5-12.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 25.4) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Possible Food: (Larva)	Diptera	Other Insecta	Araneae
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Nest:	Bushes
Mimics:	Temnostoma bombylans

Atlas Hymenoptera: Dolichovespula norwegica Belgium
BWARS: Dolichovespula norwegica
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification: Dolichovespula norwegica

Pictures © 2003, 2011, 2013 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster