Bug FAQAgelaia multipicta
Agelaia multipicta · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Vespidae
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Queens have a larger, hairier petiole and gaster with yellow mid-tibia and face, while workers show reduced ovaries and brown coloration on the middle tibia and face. They build nests in forest and rural areas across Mexico, Argentina, Trinidad and southern Brazil and act as scavengers on carrion.
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How to recognize it
Workers have reduced ovaries and brown middle tibia and face; queens have larger, hairier petioles and gasters with yellow mid-tibia and face.
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Does it bite or sting?
They can sting, though attacks by birds, bats and monkeys on their nests are more common than predation.
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Where it lives
Nests are usually found in forest and rural habitats.
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What it eats
It scavenges carrion, playing a necrophagous role in the ecosystem.
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Life cycle
It is a swarm-founding, highly eusocial wasp. Queens are highly related, a condition called oligogyny.
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Where it comes from
It occurs in Mexico, Argentina, Trinidad and southern Brazil.
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Questions people ask
Same family (Vespidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelaia_multipicta
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