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Wasp Dolichovespula
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| Wasps are social insects and well known to everyone. Colonies build up during the Summer and can eventually total several thousand by the time the colony dies at the onset of cold weather. Only the young queens survive the Winter, hibernating in sheds and hollow trees etc, to start new colonies in the Spring. The key is the elongated face, which in Common Wasp is more rounded. This is a fairly common wasp in the southern counties of the UK and in Scotland. There are fewer records across the rest of the UK. | ||
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| UK distribution of Dolichovespula
sylvestris |
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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