Cuticular DNA identifies hosts of adult parasitoid wasps
A laboratory study detected host DNA on the cuticles of adult parasitoid wasps in 49% of samples, offering a non-destructive way to identify some host associations without rearing...
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A laboratory study detected host DNA on the cuticles of adult parasitoid wasps in 49% of samples, offering a non-destructive way to identify some host associations without rearing...
Authorities in the Chinese capital are releasing more than a billion parasitic wasps and encouraging caterpillar-catching competitions to try to contain the spread of the invasive...
Learn how recent British sightings and experiments with spiderlings help explain the wasp spider’s spread into colder places.
In last week’s column, I covered cicadas and ended with a mention of today’s topic — cicada killer wasps (Sphecius speciosus).
European Black oil beetle larva lures unsuspecting bees by manufacturing smells that mimic floral scents, new research suggests. The larva then hitches a ride on the bee to its bur...
Britain’s wasps have become mysteriously scarce this summer, and scientists suspect an unusual combination of temperature swings, heatwaves, and food shortages may be responsible....
People are not the only ones who are pestered by wasps during the summer and fall. At Aullwood Audubon, wasps were creating a problem for some of the farms most beloved residents....
Well - there’s an irony for you ! . . . and it brings the problem home as a reality. Don’t expect the Mairie to get too excited - these nests are never re-used; and the surviving w...
In last week’s column, we discussed cicada killer wasps and briefly mentioned today’s topic — other wasps and their relatives.
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No - next year’s queens have been fed by these sterile workers, so they will survive the winter. These queens, which have already been fertilised, are now outside, looking for secu...
The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) says worker wasps are leaving their nests and becoming tipsy and irritable, prompting a warning to families in Oxfordshire.
Isn’t now when the nest is producing all next years queens? I thought this was a crucial time to destroy them.
Thanks for picking up the thread again, Dave. An excellent point about making contact with your Mairie re: traps for next season Two points arise. First - any hornet you see now is...
I’m getting ahead of myself ! - although in past, colder years, I might have been right. Actually, as I recall, it’s from July onwards that the newly fertilised females develop; th...
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Male mosquitoes infected with a parasite have been released in Barcelona to reduce the number of insects that can transmit infections such as dengue
Captive breeding has helped New Zealand’s largest giant wētā establish new wild populations, with at least four generations now born on two islands. As early European settlers...
Get yourself a big can of long range nest killer and sort it yourself, and run…
Next years queens only started being produced in September and that goes on until the end of October. Where are you getting your information from? Can you provide a link, so they c...
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