SPECIES: Polistes gallicus ( order Hymenoptera)
COMMON NAME: Paper wasp
SIZE: the adult is approximately 10-15 mm, smaller than the most common Italian polistes.
LIFECYCLE: eggs hatch about 10-14 days after laying. After about 14 days, the young come out of their cells as small adults, already able to procure food.
FEATURES: cheeks and last urosternite are black. It also has a yellow spot on each jaw. Their nest is never more than 10-15 cm in diameter.
HABITAT: nests often in very sunny places, under shingles, gutters, holes in metal sections, etc.
DIET: the wasps feed on both sugary substances of various kinds (adults) and protein (meat, fish, decaying organic material, insects) of which feed on the larvae.
DAMAGE: As in the case of wasps and bees, its sting has only localised, transient effects on most people, but allergic people may suffer anaphylactic reactions that are almost always deadly.
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