Many people claim to have seen in the last months copies of Asian wasps or Vespa Velutina.However, sometimes they can be confused with the European wasps or Vespa Crabro, less dangerous than the Asian ones. What then would be the prominent differences to distinguish one from another?
How to distinguish Asian wasps?
During the past 2016, there have been many news that have jumped to the media in relation to the sighting of Asian wasps .This insect has a more aggressive character than its European cousins and has a more potent poison .A wasp sting of this species leaves a swelling of several centimeters in diameter and intense pain for at least 24 hours.To treat it, it would be necessary to follow a series of remedies for this type of bites .
In this sense, we must know how to differentiate these wasps from European, which are the most common.Not surprisingly, many of the sightings of Asian wasps turned out to be false alarms precisely because they did not know how to distinguish one species from another.There are precisely a series of details and elements that differentiate them:
Termination of the legs
- Asian wasp : yellow
- European wasp : brown
Strip between the first two segments of the abdomen
- Asian wasp : Very thin and light yellow
- European wasp : It has a very similar one in the third yellow segment
Upper part of the head above the eyes
- Asian wasp : Dark brown pulling black
- European wasp : Yellow
Torax
- Asian wasp : Very dark pulling black
- European wasp : Marron
Other differences
In addition to the above differences, the European wasp forms very small nests of several tens of Wasps in holes that can go from under their own hive to a tree or a wall.
The Asian wasp, however, forms very large nests (between 60 centimeters to 1.5 meters in diameter) hanging from a tree or under a roof or aileron of a ship.Therefore, the nests of Asian wasps are more numerous than those of the European.
What to do in case of Finding a hive of Asian wasps Asian ispas.The most urgent and advisable thing will be to warn in all cases of emergencies, in Spain, at 112 .This body already has a specific action protocol for cases of sightings of this type of wasps.
As far as possible, we can take some photos of the nest to send them through mail or social networks to 112.In this way, they can provide us with the necessary information before any action.
What we should not do in any case, in short, it will be to get very close to the nest, hit it or provoke wasps .Its character is very aggressive and will not hesitate to attack to defend their nest.The fact that many wasps live in it will make the attack can be very dangerous.
Have you ever encountered some Asian wasps nest ?, how have you acted?
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