Questions tagged [wasps]
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Are wasps attracted to a sting
A little backstory, I was trying to get something that was in a little wooded bit at the back of my garden and stepped on a swarm of wasps was stung 3 times and got out of there but I brought 8 wasps inside and was wondering if they know if you've…
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why can a queen wasp sting many times but a worker bee can only sting once?
wasp queen and workers can each sting you several times but a bee can only sting you once. As all of the stings have barbs on them, how can this happen?
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Can wasps see under moonlight?
It appears that the best time to attack a wasp nest is in the middle of the night. Their venom might terrorize us (my five-day old sting remains swollen and is starting to have red bumps in an area the size of a tennis ball), but at least our…
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Is it possible to identify the wasp species/family by the nest?
I've seen a weird looking wasp nest recently.
Here's the picture:
I'm saying weird because it's the first time I see a nest that isn't a ball made of grey paper. Although this one is also made of paper, I don't understand where does the colour come…
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Is this a wasp nest?
Under a tree in an area often sunny, but not sunny enough for grass to grow, and also often humid, but not sufficiently so for moss to propagate, the two plants have left just enough of an ecological niche for a member of the animal kingdom.
Do you…
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