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🐝Vespula germanica

Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)

Vespula germanica, known colloquially as the European wasp, German wasp, or German yellowjacket, is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. It has spread and become well-established in many other places, including North America, South America, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. German wasps are part of the family Vespidae and are sometimes mistakenly referred to as paper wasps because they build grey paper nests, although strictly speaking, paper wasps are part of the subfamily Polistinae. In North America, they are also known as yellowjackets.

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German Wasp
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vosa útočná (cs), Deutsche Wespe (de), saksanampiainen (fi), Guêpe germanique (fr), צרעה גרמנית (he), tyskveps (nb) … and 18 more languages
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