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Vespula vulgaris
Very vibrant yellow with black "almost" symmetrical pattern, reddish-brown small wings. About 15mm big.
Eurasia, New Zealand and Australia. You can find them in abandoned animal "shelters" or anyplace that has a hole (like wall or rock cavity etc.).
When bitten it can really hurt-was attacked by a few of them few years ago and got really bad swallowing from them. Although they all spoke of them as "bad" animals opposed to good working bees, I always found their appearance quite appealing. This one was really cooperative, posing for me :)
Spotted on Apr 27, 2013
Submitted on Apr 27, 2013
1 Comment
Great spotting, love the background ;)