From various animal species, there is one species that is included in the insect group. Insects are part of animals that have characteristics as winged animals, including invertebrates, their bodies are divided into three parts, namely the head, chest and abdomen, have a pair of antennas and have compound eyeballs. One of the insect species that I found today is the Tawon Endas or Vespa affinis.
Wasps are a type of insect that has a stinger located at the tip of its abdomen. One type of wasp that has the most poisonous stinger is the Tawon Endas type, Vespa affinis.
Location Lebak Regency, Banten Province, Indonesia
Date 03-04-2025
ID 268478719
IDUU 93551f84-533d-40f8-b00c-11f5f0b31723
Original link https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268478719
It is called tawon endas from the Javanese regional language (endas: head) because the tawon endas nest made of soil and other mixtures can reach the size of the head or even larger than the size of the head.
Tawon endas (vespa affinis) is small to medium in size with a reddish brown or black head, with red markings on the front and top, black temples, compound eyes. This species is known as a species that lives in colonies and is always compact in making and guarding nests.