Polistes dominula

Photo: Polistes dominula. Female. Body length 13-18mm. View from the side. The wasp gnaws on the stem of a last year
Description: Polistes dominula. Female. Body length 13-18mm. View from the side. The wasp gnaws on the stem of a last year's Dipsacus fullonum. The gnawed material is used to build the wasp's nest.
L Habitat: Large natural garden with residential house on the edge. Altitude: about 570m a.s.l.
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Lat.: Polistes dominula
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Genus: Polistes
Location: Rüegsau, Emmental, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 4.2020
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F164328