Scientific name: Vespula spp

YELLOW WASP

Morphology: the wasp is smaller and no larger than 1.5 cm. . It is the most common and widespread in Europe.

Habitat and diet: usually build their honeycomb underground in abandoned burrows of mammals but, in urban areas also can be found in any cavity as metal pipe, gaps in roofs, facades and insulation of expansion joints. When the colony grows, expand the cavity as in the case of large colonies are commonly found in soil and soil particles stones at the entrance. As for food, varies depending on the time but usually feed the larvae with meat in the form of worms and other insects such as spiders, while adults prefer liquid honey, nectar or juices of other insects.

Life cycle: They live in colonies that can produce thousands of workers in a season. In warm climates, the nests can last more than one season, so you get to call perennials, but it will normally inseminated queens spend the winter inactive. In spring build the honeycomb.