Potter Wasp Hotel - Weil am Rhein, BW, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 47° 35.098 E 007° 37.583
32T E 396716 N 5271086
This large insect hotel in Weil am Rhein is not for solitary bees but potter wasps.
Waymark Code: WMPM9C
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 09/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
Views: 4

EN: This insect hotel is located at the former gravel pit Kaeppelin in the south of Weil am Rhein, which was declared a nature reserve of 2003.

The structure is a clay wall of about four to two meters under a protective roof. Unlike most other insects Hotels this is not dedicated to solitary bees, but to potter wasps (Odynerus spinipes).

DE: Dieses Insektenhotel befindet sich bei der ehemaligen Kiesgrube Käppelin im Süden von Weil am Rhein, die 2003 zu einem Naturschutzgebiet erklärt wurde.

Das Gebilde ist eine Lehmwand von etwa vier auf zwei Metern unter einem Schutzdach. Anders als die meisten anderen Insektenhotels ist dieses nicht für Wildbienen gedacht, sondern für Schornsteinwespen (Odynerus spinipes).
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