Global InformationDolichovespula sylvestris information
| Tree wasp | |
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| Dolichovespula sylvestris. Dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Dolichovespula |
| Species: | D. sylvestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
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| D. sylvestris distribution [1] | |
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The tree wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) is a species of eusocial wasp in the family Vespidae, found in the temperate regions of Eurasia, particularly in western Europe. Despite being called the tree wasp, it builds both aerial and underground paper nests, and can be found in rural and urban habitats.[2] D. sylvestris is a medium-sized wasp that has yellow and black stripes and a black dot in the center of its clypeus.[3] It is most common to see this wasp between May and September during its 3.5 month colony cycle.[4]
Tree wasps carry out worker policing and have a haplodiploid sex-determination system; this results in a high level of relatedness within the colony.[5][6] The workers will take over all of the foraging from the queen once the first workers reach adulthood. Worker wasps typically forage for other insects, the nectar of plants, and wood to digest for nest construction.[4][7] The tree wasp is sometimes a victim of the nest parasite Dolichovespula omissa, who lays its eggs in the nest of D. sylvestris, as well as individual parasites including roundworms.[8][9]
- ^ Archer, Michael E. (12 January 1998). "Taxonomy and World Distribution of the Euro-Asian Species of Dolichovespula (Hym, Vespinae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine: 153–160.
- ^ a b T. Ings & R. Edwards (2002). "Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli,1763)". Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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earkringwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Edwards, Robin (1980). Social Wasps: Their Biology and Control. Felcourt, East Grinstead, W Sussex RH192JY: Rentokil Limited. ISBN 978-0906564011.
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Policingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Brian, M. V.; Brian, A. D. (6 November 1951). "The Wasp Vespula Sylvestris Scopoli: Feeding, Foraging, and Colony Development". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 103: 1–26. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1952.tb02261.x.
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