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Norwegian Wasp

Dolichovespula norwegica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 299, February 221, March 346, April 545, May 785, June 856, July 917, August 788, September 579, October 432, November 236, December 184.
United States6,193
Alaska6,189
Canada227
United Kingdom72
Yukon66
Nunavut65
Finland57
Manitoba56
England39
Russia36

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies · Vespidae
GenusAerial Yellowjackets · Dolichovespula

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