Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Wasp drone ? Vespula vulgaris ?
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 25-11-2024 20:34
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 Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
Found today, I think it's a drone, Vespula vulgaris. I took it into the house and feeded it with some honey, after that, I removed it back to the house wall. Data: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-59821 Arnsberg, 235 m, 25.11.2024. Best regards Volkmar Volkmar attached the following image:  [97.01Kb] Edited by Volkmar on 26-11-2024 13:09 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 26-11-2024 11:26
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4080 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Do you have an image showing the complete antenna?
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 26-11-2024 12:42
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
Hello Eric, here is a picture of the complete antenna. I count 13 antennal segments, but I'm not so sure, so I think it's a male. Best regards, Volkmar Volkmar attached the following image:  [96.84Kb] Edited by Volkmar on 26-11-2024 12:47 |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 26-11-2024 13:14
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
This morning I found it unfortunately absorbed by a harvest spider. Regards Volkmar Volkmar attached the following image:  [66.94Kb] |
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| eklans |
Posted on 26-11-2024 16:08
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4080 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Poor man! Yes, it is a male and the parallel-sided humeral strip and the indented yellow patch in the eye points to V. vulgaris but the face looks more like V. germanica. And I have never seen a Vespula sp. with that long silvery hair! So I don't dare to give the species a name other than Vespula cf. vulgaris!
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 26-11-2024 18:12
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
Thank you Eric for your assessment ! I also have never seen a wasp with such long silvery hair! Greetings Volkmar |
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| libor |
Posted on 26-11-2024 22:05
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1290 Joined: 30.05.09 |
Volkmar, can we see uper tooth of mandibles? Libor |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 27-11-2024 12:58
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
I hope it fits, Volkmar
Volkmar attached the following image:  [92.57Kb] Edited by Volkmar on 27-11-2024 12:59 |
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| Volkmar |
Posted on 28-11-2024 16:20
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Member Location: Arnsberg, D Posts: 252 Joined: 05.08.20 |
Hello Eric, after consulting an expert who regularly relocates wasp colonies, it is a fresh young male wasp, that loses it's silver hair over time or some of it turn black later. Best regards, Volkmar |
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