Some say fake wasp nests are the secret to a sting-free summer. Others say it’s all buzz. Here’s what actually happens when ...
Aucklanders who feel like they have been dealing with more wasps are not imagining it. An ecology professor said a long, dry ...
Sirenobethylus charybdis lived nearly 99 million years ago and used its unique abdominal apparatus to trap prey during ...
The new species out of China is known to lock its prey away, alive but paralyzed, until its young have hatched.
A long, dry summer has led to “extremely high” numbers of wasps around the country – and Kiwis are being warned not to attack ...
We have all dealt with wasps, known for terrorizing swimming pools, picnics, and other outdoor activities with their alarming appearance and painful sting. Many people annoyed by their ...
although not identical behavior has been observed among living parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known ...
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
Wasps do a little bit of pollinating, but they serve other purposes in your garden, eating pests like aphids, beetles, and ...
For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nest of another wasp species, and the larvae feast on their new hosts’ young once they hatch.Amber fossils offer a ...