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Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Pest control | | Spanish term or phrase: avispa alfarera y papelera | 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. |
| | | potter wasp and paper wasp | Explanation:
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 |
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