COMMON WASP Vespula vulgaris | |||
This Wasp queen was delivered to our house 29.03.2018. It is the earliest queen we have heard of this year. | |||
COMMON WASP Vespula vulgaris | |||
This wasp queen was found by Julian Eliassen in Djóna í Geilsgøtu, Tórshavn, 03.04.2017 | |||
GERMAN WASP Vespula germanica | |||
04.08.2024 Jeanette Lassen found this German wasp queen in a package of celery in the fridge. The wasp is most likely imported to the Faroe Islands 4-6 weeks before it was found. |
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Erling Ólafsson determined the species. |
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On February 14, 2019, some children captured this German wasp Vespula germanica outside the school in Viðareiði. | |||
It is the first find of this species on Viðoy, and it is unusually early for this species. We only know about a place in the Faroe Islands, where it was breeding in 2018, and it was in Klaksvík. | |||
German wasp queen Vespula germanica found in Klaksvík 19.12.2012. She is eating of an orange slice. | |||
Read more about wasps in Faroe Islands | |||
COMMON WASP Vespula vulgaris | |||
In 2000 the must discussed subject in the Faroe Islands was, whether the wasps would survive the winter. I don't think, anybody is in doubt today... |
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Read the Faroese article "Verða vespurnar verandi" from Frøði in 2001, which is still relevant today. | |||
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