Vespula germanica (FABRICIUS 1793)

Dvořák, L. & Ramel, G., 2009, Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1937-1948 : 1944

Vespula germanica (FABRICIUS 1793)

L o c a l i t i e s Akitohori , Beles Mts., 20.5.2004, 1♀. Kerkini, Kerkini Marsh, 11.4.- 17.4.2007, 2♀♀ ; 25.4.- 1.5.2007, 1♀. Kerkini, Krousia Mts. , 13.6.- 19.6.2007, 1 º ; 11.- 17.7.2007, 2 ºº; 1.8.- 7.8.2007, 3 ºº; 8.- 14.8.2007, 6 ºº; 15.- 21.8.2007, 4 ºº; 22.- 28.8.2007, 3 ºº. Kerkini, Pumping St. , 2.5.- 8.5.2007, 1♀ ; 23.5.- 29.5.2007, 3♀♀; 9.5.- 15.5.2007, 4♀♀; 30.5.- 5.6.2007, 1♀; 13.6.- 19.6.2007, 1♀. Kerkini, Timber Yard , 23.5.- 29.5.2007, 3♀♀. Lithotopos, Ecotourism, 30.9.2005, 1♀ ; 9.5.- 15.5.2006, 1♀; 23.5.- 29.5.2006, 1 º; 25.- 31.7.2006, 2 ºº; 8.- 14.8.2006, 1 º; 15.- 21.8.2006, 2 ºº; 22.- 28.8.2006, 3 ºº; 5.- 11.9.2006, 1 º; 12.- 18.9.2006, 2 ºº; 19.- 25.9.2006, 1 º; 26.9.- 2.10.2006, 2 ºº. Lithotopos, Kerkini Lake , 11.4.- 17.4.2005, 1♀ ; 9.5.- 15.5.2005, 2♀♀. Neo Petritsi, Farfara , 14.- 20.7.2008, 1 º. Neo Petritsi, Midway, 19.5.- 25.5.2008, 1♀ ; 9.6.- 15.6.2008, 1♀, 1 º; 16.- 22.6.2008, 2 ºº; 23.6.- 29.6.2008, 1 º; 30.6.- 6.7.2008, 1 º; 1.9.- 7.9.2008, 1 º. Promohonas, Procom , 7.4.- 13.4.2008, 1♀ ; 23.- 29.5.2007, 3♀♀; 30.5.- 5.6.2007, 2♀♀. Vironia, Beles , 11.4.- 17.4.2005, 1♀ ; 30.5.- 5.6.2005, 2♀♀. Vironia, New Trap 01, pitfall trap, 20.- 26.10.2008, 2 ºº.

Very common species, mainly up to 100 m a.s.l. in different biotopes. The two highest situated localities are in dry deciduous forest at 750 m a.s.l. (Midway). Xerophilous Palaearctic species known from the British Isles to Korea, northern Africa, the Middle East and northern India. Introduced into different parts of the world. It inhabits mainly open and anthropogenic stands, but it is also plentiful in light open forest in lowlands.