Vespula rufa (Red Wasp)  

Found in open habitats and nests are usually underground in a dry, often shaded situation, close to the soil surface, even just under the leaf litter or moss layer.This social wasp has an annual life-history with the overwintering queens emerging from late March until early May, with the first workers emerging as adults from the end of May until mid-June. Males and new queens emerge from late July and after mating the males die and females enter overwintering sites. The remaining colony dies during September.