Sting in summer’s tail: Why are there so many wasps about at the moment?
A long, dry summer has led to “extremely high” numbers of wasps around the country – and Kiwis are being warned not to attack ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Scientists say they’ve never seen anything like this “truly unique” species, which was found encased in amber Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure ...
Wasp Numbers Explode After Long, Hot Summer
“Wasp population dynamics tend to be cyclical, so a low year is followed by a high year – and this year the stars have ...
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Tarantula hawks: The most painful wasp sting in the world explained
One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest spider run away in terror: the tarantula hawk. Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, uncovers the eccentricities of this small but sinister ...
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Dinosaur-era wasp may have snatched its prey: ‘Truly fascinating’
Scientists discovered an ancient wasp species, Sirenobethylus charybdis, preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar. The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been ...
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Sting in summer’s tail: Why are there so many wasps about at the moment?
“January to February is the best time to kill the colony, but it’s not too late to poison wasp nests.” While working at Landcare Research, Beggs helped develop Vespex, a toxic bait that ...