| The face is divided by a vertical
black bar and the malar (distance between bottom of eye and
jaw) space is long. Antennae are yellow at the base. The thorax
has black hairs at the side and two yellow spots at the rear.
The abdomen is often red at the front. The nest is like that
of the Tree Wasp but with looser covering. Very widespread
but more common in the North. The D.saxonica (not pictured)
is very similar but the face bar is often irregular and the
thorax has pale hairs at the side. The abdomen is never red. |
Wasps 
