A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp" class="extiw" title="en:Wasp">wasp</a> found in much of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" class="extiw" title="en:Earth">Earth's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" class="extiw" title="en:Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> is the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_wasp" class="extiw" title="en:German wasp">German wasp (Vespula germanica).</a></b> It is native to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" class="extiw" title="en:Europe">Europe</a>, temperate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" class="extiw" title="en:Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa" class="extiw" title="en:North Africa">northern Africa.</a> The specimen in the picture is a fully grown worker (female) with a length (head to abdomen) of about 14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millimetre" class="extiw" title="en:Millimetre">mm.</a>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wilder_Kaiser" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Wilder Kaiser">Bernie</a>
2009-09-09
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