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R. romandi, along with other swarm-founding wasps, can be quite aggressive during the swarming process. They are aggressive towards humans, non-nestmates, and to each other. [9] Aggressiveness towards humans may result in stings, while aggressiveness towards other wasps involves biting of the body, legs or wings. [9]
Approximately 300 species of Polistes paper wasps have been identified worldwide. The most common paper wasp in Europe is Polistes dominula. [2] The Old World tribe Ropalidiini contains another 300 species, and the Neotropical tribes Epiponini and Mischocyttarini each contain over 250 more, so the total number of true paper wasps worldwide is about 1100 species, almost half of which can be ...
Typically, paper wasps are relatively unaggressive, only attacking humans and animals if they or their nests are being threatened. As in other aculeate wasps, only females have the ability to sting. [16] Unlike bees, wasps do not have barbed stingers that can be lost, so they are able to sting multiple times to defend a nest. [17]
Sting symptoms can range from pain and swelling to redness and hives, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine of Baltimore. Potentially life-threatening symptoms include coughing, sweating and vomiting.
With over 22 species of paper wasps in North America alone, the insects are not that uncommon. What is uncommon, however, is an allergic reaction of this magnitude.
Their nests can be found both in forests close to rivers or in close proximity to human life under the eaves of roofs. [1] Despite the fact that M. flavitarsis nests are frequently in close contact with humans, M. flavitarsis typically will not sting, but rather ram into the threatening individual. [2]
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.
Many arthropods bite or sting in order to immobilize their prey or deter potential predators as a defense mechanism. Stings containing venom are more likely to be painful. Less frequently, venomous spider bites are also associated with morbidity and mortality in humans. Most arthropod stings involve Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, and bees). While ...