Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Vespula rufa ? ID correct ?

Posted by brigitteu on 04-08-2009 23:44
#1

location: switzerland, small nature protection area, "wetland", near lake zurich
date: today
size: about 15 mm ?

Could anyone confirm or adjust?
Thank you very much, Brigitte

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-08-2009 01:25
#2

Hi!

Yes, it's Vespula rufa. Nice, didn't find it here for three or four years now.

Posted by libor on 06-08-2009 08:39
#3

Unusually colored specimen. This pale (ivory) markings are more common in nortern Europe and Siberia, relatively rare in central Europe. Libor