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Wasp season is typically between March and November but the bugs are especially active now after a mild winter and spring. “This is a really big year for wasps,” said Lynn Kimsey, director of ...
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
The wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. [2] In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres (4.74 km 2 ) on nonfederal land according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection , which is almost triple the number of ...
Andricus quercuscalifornicus (occasionally Andricus californicus), or the California gall wasp, is a small wasp species that induces oak apple galls on white oaks, primarily the valley oak (Quercus lobata) but also other species such as Quercus berberidifolia.
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Philanthus pacificus is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found from southwestern British Columbia to Baja California and Sonora. It is found from southwestern British Columbia to Baja California and Sonora.
Polistes apachus is a social wasp native to western North America. [2] It is known in English by the common name Texas paper wasp, [3] [4] or southwestern Texas paper wasp. [5] It has also been called the Apache wasp, perhaps first by Simmons et al. in California in 1948.
Wasps of the genus Sphex (commonly known as digger wasps) are cosmopolitan predators that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae ( sensu lato ), though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae . [ 1 ]