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	Wasp - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hence wasps cannot obtain the sugary secretion from deeply-seated nectaries, and their visits to flowers are confined to such as are shallow or widely opened; they particularly frequent the Umbelliferae.
		They build their nests in burrows in the ground, but this is not an invariable rule; they may be distinguished from the tree wasps by their shorter cheeks and usually by the first joint in the antennae of the female being fl.
		Wasps also act to some extent as flower fertilizers, but in this respect they cannot compare with bees; they visit fewer flowers, and have no adaptations on their limbs for carrying off the pollen.
	62.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WASP.htm (3116 words)

	Wasp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most familiar wasps belong to the Aculeata, a division of the Apocrita, whose ovipositors are modified into a venomous stinger.
		She is rather the reproductive element of the colony as all members of the colony are theoretically direct genetic descendents of the queen.
		Indeed, adult wasps, much like bees, butterflies, and moths, derive all of their nutrition from nectar or the sweet secretions from their brood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wasp (985 words)

	Social and potter wasps
		In many parts of Central Europe this subfamily is called 'paper wasps' because its members build their nest out of a kind of paper they produce themselves out of fibers of wood.
		This wasp, Dolichovespula adulterina, is a cuckoo to the Saxon Wasp.
		This small wasp is the Potter Wasp Ancistrocerus parietum.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/real_wasps.htm (1969 words)

	Wasps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This wasp is very similar in appearance to the German wasp but can be distinguished by not having separate fl dots on its abdomen as the dots are fused to the fl rings on the abdomen.
		Common and German wasps attack bee hives and therefore pose a threat to the apicultural and horticultural industries.
		Common and German wasps prey on native fauna posing a threat to endangered species of insects.
	www.boprc.govt.nz /Land/Animals/Wasps.asp (841 words)

	Common Wasp
		Wasps fly only 6 to 7 mph, so humans can outrun them, but wasps are drawn to moving objects so the best way to avoid being stung is to stand still.
		Common wasps have a distinct anchor-shaped colouration called a mask on their head.
		It is rare, but not unheard of, for wasps to survive during a mild winter and to keep using their nest the next year.
	www.wildinfo.com /facts/Wasp.asp?page=/facts/Wasp.asp (696 words)

	Havant Borough Website - Wasps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wasps are probably the most familiar and generally disliked of all British insects.
		Several species of wasp exist in the UK but the most abundant are the Common Wasp and German Wasp, both of which are widely distributed.
		Wasps are responsible for causing serious damage to ripened fruit and are generally a nuisance when attracted to sweet smelling food.
	www.havant.gov.uk /havant-2756&theme=textonly (653 words)

	ABC-KID.com - Wasp Pictures for Kids
		There are as many as 50 different species of wasps, ranging from the fl and yellow Common Wasp to the larger fl and yellow Hornet.
		A perenial pest during the Summer months, wasps are liable to transmit disease and bacteria from dustbins and animal carcasses and should not be allowed to settle on food or food preparation areas.
		Wasps are extremely aggressive and under no circumstances should a nest be disturbed by anyone other than qualified pest control experts.
	www.abc-kid.com /wasp (199 words)

	Windsor Tribune - Move over yellow jackets, there is a new wasp in town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The arrival of the wasp isn’t entirely bad news, but it does raise the possibility of changing garden ecosystems and the chance of getting stung in-creases because of the location of their nests, he said.
		Paper wasps feed on live insects such as caterpillars, as opposed to the yellow jacket that eats dead insects, garbage meats and sweet foods.
		The queen lays eggs and tends to the young until the wasps are big enough to forage for food for the colony.
	www.windsortribune.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1827 (629 words)

	Waterford Today - 1 September 2004 - Waterford Wildlife - WASPS
		Wasps can be very troublesome during the early months of autumn and some understanding of their life cycle and behaviour might help to keep them in check.
		Of these, the one that bothers people is a social wasp known as the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) of which there are three forms, the female or Queen, the Male and the Workers.
		Unlike bees, wasps do not store food for use in the winter as the old queens and all of the workers die-off each autumn and nests cease to be a problem.
	www.waterford-today.ie /index.php?id=11416&what=2&issue=215 (708 words)

	Yellowjacket Wasp Common Names
		There are tiny parasitic wasps no larger than a gnat, solitary thread-waisted wasps [picture] and social wasps with colonies that rival bee hives in complexity.
		For example, there is a wasp called the "baldfaced hornet" [picture of baldfaced hornet] that actually belongs to one of the genera that are commonly called yellowjackets (Vespula and Dolichovespula).
		The phrase, social wasps, refers to those wasps that build colonies in which there is a queen, workers and a division of labor.
	www.livingwithbugs.com /yel_name.html (392 words)

	German Wasp - Vespula germanica, species information page
		One of the two common species of wasp found in the British Isles, although several other species have been reported in recent years, they can be found throughout Europe.
		In general wasps are regarded by most people as a nuisance, dangerous pests or a threat to health, however they should be regarded as beneficial insects.
		Wasps can become very aggressive when their nests are disturbed, can sting more than once and do not die after delivering their venom.
	www.brickfieldspark.org /data/waspgerman.htm (866 words)

	Wasps
		The solitary wasps often prey on spiders or parasitize other wasps or insects, and are in turn the victims of velvet ants (another type of wasp).
		I happened to be sitting in the wasp's path, and it was scared off when I got up to move, but quickly came back and searched from the direction in which it was going until it found its prey again and resumed its journey.
		The wasp kept hovering around the center, then followed one of the support threads to the branch to which it was attached.
	home.att.net /%7Elarvalbugbio/wasps.html (1123 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Wasp
		Common wasps are social insects and live in nests of up to around 10,000 workers.
		The paper is made by the wasps who chew small amounts of wood from trees, reeds or garden fences and mix it with saliva to form a pulp which is added to the nest in thin strips.
		The wasps do not construct their own burrow but will choose one which already exists such as an abandoned animal burrow, a garden shed, or the loft of a house.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/427.shtml (556 words)

	Hornets-Literature!
		On "Evolutionary genetics of social wasps" and the phylogeny of the Vespinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).
		A plague of wasps in the beech forests of New Zealand is joining other immigrant killers, threatening to sweep the country with a wave of extinction which could put an end to native birds like the kaka.
		Donovan, B. 1984: Occurrence of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera:Vespidae) in New Zealand.
	www.vespa-crabro.de /literature.htm (2023 words)

	Wasp Trap
		The common wasp (Vespa Vulgaris) and the German wasp (Vespa (or Vespula) Germanica) are guilty of much robbing of honey stores in bee hives and are a nuisance in the Autumn when there are few caterpillars for them to feed on.
		Wasps will easily follow the aroma and crawl down through the holes but are unable to escape.
		His version of wasp trap is based on cones made from a 200 mm disc of 'expamet', he used a dinner plate as a template.
	www.dave-cushman.net /bee/wasptrap.html (1013 words)

	Wasps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The more widespread German and common wasps live in large colonies, about the size of a soccer ball, but which can become huge if they manage to survive over winter.
		The German wasp was introduced with US aeroplane parts in the 1940s and the common wasp arrived only recently but is already widespread.
		The best way to find a wasp nest is to search on sunny days, near dawn or dusk, when the low light angles highlight the flight path as wasps enter and leave the nest.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/002~Animal-Pests/Wasps.asp (643 words)

	Tips & Advice - Wasps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Introduced wasp species are causing a number of problems through New Zealand as this country provides a favourable habitat, there are no natural predators, winters are relatively mild, and there is a plentiful food supply.
		Wasps build their nests in a variety of places: underground, often in sunny spots, along banks, attached to walls, plants and under the floor and eaves of houses.
		Wasps are unlikely to chase after you unless you have disturbed a nest.
	www.beehive.org.nz /tips-and-advice/taa-wasps.htm (987 words)

	WaspBane \| the wasp
		Whilst the nest is growing, worker wasps continue to hunt for insects to feed the grubs.
		The old queen wasp stops laying eggs and before long there are no more grubs to be fed. The worker wasps are then left without their sweet sticky liquid food.
		Being hunters by nature, wasps are all too ready to sting to get their food and when that food is a candy or an ice cream or a beer, this is when wasps are at their most dangerous.
	www.waspbane.com /thewasp.asp (603 words)

	EW Wasps
		Wasps consume large numbers of native insects which are an important food source for many of our native species including kaka, tui and geckos.
		Common and German wasps are the main concern in the Waikato Region.
		The Australian paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp are found in the Region but the extent of their populations is unknown.
	www.ew.govt.nz /enviroinfo/pests/animals/wasps.htm (1529 words)

	Parasitoids
		This common wasp is mostly brown or fl and size is less than 1/4" (6 mm).
		Larvae are parasitic to are large variety of insects (they lay their eggs inside the host) and are important in control of a large number of economic pests including aphids.
		Very common wasp, elbowed antenna, parasitic of a variety of insects.
	members.tripod.com /jimhammond/hymenopp.htm (252 words)

	Pests
		The German wasp has a head shield with three fl spots, while the common wasp you can tell from the vertical line on its head shield.
		It is important to realise that wasps themselves also catch plenty of insects, in particular harmful ones, and feed them to their larvae.
		The wasps have only themselves to consider, there are no larvae, and their preferred food is carbohydrates.
	www.ungeziefer.de /ungeziefer-e/laestlinge-e/wespen-e.html (309 words)

	Comet Pest Control Services
		Wasps in their daily routine control other insect pests, and clear dead insect carcasses as well as acting as pollinators.
		Because wasps have not evolved to the level of storing food over winter the colonies die when conditions become too cold, existing nests decompose and are never re-used.
		At the very least a wasp sting can cause a great deal of irritation, old fashioned remedies such as the application of vinegar, which is still used today, will almost certainly irritate the sting further as wasps venom is not alkaline.
	www.cometpc.btinternet.co.uk /btpage7.htm (760 words)

	Clinical and Molecular Allergy \| Full text \| Insect sting allergy. A study from 1980 to 2003 of patients who started ...
		Reactions to field stings during treatment in patients allergic to common wasp as reported by the patients are presented in Table 7.
		After cessation of adequate IT in common wasp allergic patients (Table 8) SAR occurred in 22% of all the sting incidents.
		This study has shown that ongoing IT for common wasp is very efficient when the maintenance dose is 0.1 mg, as also seen in other studies [1,8] and for bee even better than others [9].
	www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com /content/3/1/12 (4028 words)

	Common Wasp Information Sheet
		The size of wasp colonies will vary from year to year, the severity of the previous winter is probably the key factor.
		Individuals react differently to being stung by wasps; some are hardly affected, others suffer considerable pain and swelling and a few become seriously allergic to being stung, which in some cases results in sudden death due to anaphylactic shock.
		The pain of the wasp sting is caused by a toxic fluid containing a complex protein, which is injected through the needle like sting as it penetrates the victim.
	www.tameside.gov.uk /corpgen1/wasps.htm (370 words)

	insects
		Common and widespread except for north Scotland and Northern Ireland.
		Widespread and often common in England, Wales and S Ireland; rather scarce further north.
		One of several common species, all of which are tiny, primitive insects that lack wings.
	www.btinternet.com /~micka.wffps/insects.html (1240 words)

	Common Wasp
		This is the wasp which we mostly come into contact with depending where you live.
		In the picture above, the wasp on the left is the male, the one in the middle the queen and on the right is the worker.
		Different species of wasp can be identified by their mask, (shown above the queen in the picture above), and the markings on their abdomen.
	www.the-piedpiper.co.uk /th4b.htm (115 words)

	issg Database: References for Vespula vulgaris
		Clapperton, B. Abundance of wasps and prey consumption of paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Polistinae) in Northland, New Zealand.
		Fordham, R. A., Craven, A. and Minot, E. Phenology and population structure of annual nests of the German wasp Vespula germanica (Fab.) in Manawatu, New Zealand, with particular reference to late summer and autumn.
		Sandlant, G. and Moller, H. Abundance of common and German wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the honeydew beech forests of New Zealand.
	www.issg.org /database/species/references.asp?si=67&fr=1&sts= (1626 words)

	Wasps & Hornets
		The social wasps and hornets (also known as 'yellow-jackets' in North America) comprise the family Vespidae and belong to the order of insects called Hymenoptera, which also includes the bumblebees, honeybees, ants, sawflies and ichneumon-flies.
		After these wasps have left the nest on their mating flights, the colony quickly declines and eventually dies out during the autumn as food becomes scarce.
		When wasps, particularly the larger species of hornets, are busy gathering woody material for nest-building, they sometimes chew and damage the timbers of fences and buildings, and strip the bark of trees causing die-back of branches and young shoots.
	www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk /wasp.htm (1075 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| When is a wasp not a wasp? When it's a hoverfly
		Telling the hoverflies from the wasps is a problem, however, according to Roger Morris of English Nature, one of the country's leading experts on the insects - officially the Syrphidae sub-family of Diptera, or flies.
		The main difference is invisible to the lay observer, given that most encounters happen when the wasp or fly is airborne: wasps have four wings, hoverflies two.
		More obviously, wasps are "wasp- waisted" while the hoverfly's thorax and abdomen are divided by less of a narrowed section or have none at all.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1274749,00.html (814 words)

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