Dolichovespula sylvestris

Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli 1763) (Family Vespidae)

Worker

Length: Queen 15-19mm, Worker 11-15mm, Male 13-17mm

Egg Larva Pupa Adult

? ? ? May - September
(Earliest: 7.6)
(Winter)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Wet Meadows

Possible Food:
(Larva)
Diptera
Other Insecta
Araneae

Food:
(Adult)
Scrophularia nodosa Nectar
Angelica sylvestris Nectar
Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Cirsium arvense Nectar

Tanacetum vulgare Nectar

Nest:
Bushes
Buildings

Mimics:
Tenthredo scrophulariae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Dolichovespula sylvestris Belgium
BWARS: Dolichovespula sylvestris
Nature Spot: Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris

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Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - September (Earliest: 7.6) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Possible Food: (Larva)	Diptera	Other Insecta	Araneae
Food: (Adult)	Scrophularia nodosa Nectar	Angelica sylvestris Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Cirsium arvense Nectar
	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar
Nest:	Bushes	Buildings
Mimics:	Tenthredo scrophulariae