Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

It was a beautiful warm day and I was working on my tomatoes. I realized they had been exposed to too much sunshine and ...

#6 Yellowjacket (Vespula spp.) Yellowjackets are wasps common in North America. They build paper nests underground or in walls. Known for being aggressive near food or nests.

Like other better-known (and better-liked) insects like bumblebees and butterflies, yellow jackets are also pretty good pollinators. According to the National Park Service, yellow jackets, which also ...

Larvae of the wasp species Vespula shidai are considered a delicacy in central Japan. Known as hachinoko, the larvae are either harvested from wild nests or reared by hand in rural woodlands. But ...

The wasp species Vespula shidai has long been reared for its edible larvae, a delicacy in central Japan. The rural woodlands of Japan which these wasps inhabit are areas of high biodiversity.

The common wasp, or vespula vulgaris, has been on Earth for millions of years. Its lineage dates back about 260 million to 270 million years to the Late Permian period.

SPP also suggests having progressive taxation – for income tax to be increased for the top 2 per cent of earners, and the reintroduction of estate duty for ultra-high-net-worth individuals. To ...

Independent Researcher, Christchurch, New Zealand Introduction: Vespula vulgaris is an invasive wasp that causes considerable detriment to native birds and invertebrates in New Zealand. Reducing at ...

Igot stuck thinking about plants in the genus Smilax after writing about them last time out. It is such a great genus of plants, and as I discussed in my last column, most people only see them as a ...