Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

avispa alfarera y papelera

English translation:

potter wasp and paper wasp

Added to glossary by Stuart Allsop
Jul 20, 2011 04:42
12 yrs ago
Spanish term

avispa alfarera y papelera

Spanish to English Other Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Pest control
This comes from a booklet on pest control in homes.

CONTEXT: "En Chile se encuentra diferentes tipos de avispas y se diferencian por el tipo de nido que desarrollan. Los nidos de la avispa alfarera y papelera generalmente los hacen en árboles y bajo los aleros de las casas."


I'm looking for the equivalent English name for this type of wasp.
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4 +6 potter wasp and paper wasp

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potter wasp and paper wasp

Or potter and paper wasps: they're two different kinds of wasps.

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-07-20 04:50:40 GMT)
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"Los eumeninos (Eumeninae), o avispas alfareras, son una subfamilia de avispas (Vespidae); anteriormente, era tratada como una familia separada, Eumenidae. Su nombre común alude al hecho de que algunas especies construyen nidos de barro con forma de olla o cazuela."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumeninae

"Potter wasps (or mason wasps) are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_wasp

"La avispa cartonera (Polistes dominula) es una especie de himenóptero apócrito de la familia Vespidae. [...]
La avispa cartonera o papelera posee un cuerpo color negro con manchas amarillas."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_dominula

"Polistes dominula (often misspelled as dominulus), sometimes referred to as the European paper wasp,[1] is one of the more common and well-known species of social wasps in Europe."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_dominula
Peer comment(s):

agree Sheila Hardie
36 mins
Thanks, Sheila!
agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
1 hr
Thanks, fvasconcellos!
agree Lourdes Sanchez
1 hr
Gracias, Lourdes :)
agree Rachel Fell
11 hrs
Thanks, Rachel!
agree Mirtha Grotewold
14 hrs
¡Gracias, Mirtha!
agree neilmac : I've been stung 3 times this summer so far...
1 day 4 hrs
Blimey, Neil, that's a bit much. Must be that yellow and black striped T-shirt :)
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