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Are all wasps aggressive? Are their stings dangerous? Know these facts before your next encounter.
Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary groups: social and solitary. Most wasps are solitary, non-stinging insects that do ...
The species that comprise the genus Brachygastra are neotropical social wasps. [2] They can be found from southern United States to Northern Argentina and include a total of 16 species. [3] B. mellifica is the only species present in the US, found in both Arizona and Texas. B. mellifica ranges from Texas to Panama. [4]
Spider wasps are best distinguished from other vespoid wasps in having (in most species) a transverse groove bisecting the mesopleuron (the mesepisternal sclerite, a region on the side of middle segment of the thorax above the point where the legs join). They have antennae with 10 flagellomeres in females and 11 in males.
The nests of P. jacobsoni generally reach their maximum size at 48 cells, and can house up to 6 females and 6 males, as well as a total of 33 larvae in a brood. [6] P. jacobsoni wasps always use plant matter to construct their nests. They are composed of one or two linear rows anchored on a slim support or scattered across a flat surface.
Adult wasps soon pop from their cocoons and start the cycle anew. Most parasitoid wasps dispatch prey in some such hideous manner, including entombing their paralyzed bodies.
A black garden ant (Lasius niger) engaging in necrophoresis. Necrophoresis is a sanitation behavior found in social insects – such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites – in which they carry away the dead bodies of members of their colony from the nest or hive area.
Thanks largely to milder winters and a plentiful food supply, yellow jacket wasps are now building "super nests" in Alabama, according to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.. Entomologists ...