{"id":30252,"date":"2022-07-13T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30252"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:29:02","slug":"cuckoo-wasp-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30252","title":{"rendered":"Cuckoo wasp in the garden!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I found the cuckoo wasp \/ r\u00f8dgj\u00f8kveps in the garden today &#8211; <i>Vespula austriaca. <\/i>It parasitizes the red wasp \/ r\u00f8dveps (<em>Vespula rufa<\/em>) by occupying its nest. <em>V. rufa<\/em> is uncommon in the garden, but I saw one today too. There are no workers of <em>V. austriaca<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-30252-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/R\u00f8dgj\u00f8kveps.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/R\u00f8dgj\u00f8kveps.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/R\u00f8dgj\u00f8kveps.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30256 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962a.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962a-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962a-768x717.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962a-640x598.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30255 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962-768x546.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133962-640x455.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30254 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133966.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133966.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133966-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P7133966-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found the cuckoo wasp \/ r\u00f8dgj\u00f8kveps in the garden today &#8211; Vespula austriaca. It parasitizes the red wasp \/ r\u00f8dveps (Vespula rufa) by occupying its nest. V. 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