- There are over 15,000 species of wasps worldwide.
- Wasps are not bees.
- Wasps can create nests out of mud or wood.
- Wasps can be aggressive especially from August to October.
- Wasps are inactive at night as long as the sun has not risen.
- Wasps are beneficial to farmers since they are predators of caterpillars.
- Male wasps can’t sting.
- Female wasps can sting, and multiple times.
- Wasps are able to sting repeatedly.
- Not all female wasps are fertile.
- The female yellow jacket wasp lays both unfertilized and fertilized eggs.
- Female yellow jacket workers develop from the fertilized egg.
- Male drones develop from the unfertilized egg.
- Workers have an average lifespan of 12 to 22 days.
- Drones have a slightly longer lifespan than workers.
- Queens have an average lifespan of 12 months.
- Wasps are usually seasonal pest starting in May through September.
- Wasps can be very aggressive if disturbed.
- Wasps can soften and destroy plaster in walls leaving large holes.
- Most wasps develop by feeding on insects, and also feed on sweet liquids.
- Wasps beat their wings between 117 and 247 beats per second.
- The venom sac at the end of a wasp sting pulsing for a short period after a wasp dies.
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