Vespula rufa

Vespula rufa (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Vespidae)

Worker	Queen Scraping Wood for Nest
Face Variants

Length: Queen 16-19mm, Worker 11-14mm, Male 13-17mm

Egg Larva Pupa Adult

? ? ? March - September
(Earliest: 29.3)
(Winter)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Heath and Moorland
Spruce Forest Edge
Wet Meadows

Possible Food:
(Larva)
Diptera
Other Insecta
Araneae

Food:
(Adult)
Petasites hybridus Nectar
Tanacetum vulgare Nectar
Epilobium angustifolium Nectar
Angelica sylvestris Nectar

Vaccinium myrtillus Nectar

Nest:
Underground

Nest Parasites:
Vespula austriaca
Parasitoids:
Conops flavipes Larva
Physocephala rufipes Larva

Mimics:
Several Syrphidae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Vespula rufa Belgium
BWARS: Vespula rufa
InsektenBox: Rote Wespe

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Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - September (Earliest: 29.3) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Heath and Moorland	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows
Possible Food: (Larva)	Diptera	Other Insecta	Araneae
Food: (Adult)	Petasites hybridus Nectar	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar	Angelica sylvestris Nectar
	Vaccinium myrtillus Nectar
Nest:	Underground
Nest Parasites:	Vespula austriaca
Parasitoids:	Conops flavipes Larva	Physocephala rufipes Larva
Mimics:	Several Syrphidae