Wasps, including the German wasp, are extremely skillful fliers. Their wings beat up to 230 times per second, enabling them to perform impressive flight maneuvers. They can stop abruptly ...

I have been filming the wasps in my garden for many years, especially the German wasp (Vespula germanica). With my camera, especially in slow motion, I capture their movements, observe their ...

But their voracious appetites can cause problems if a species spreads or is introduced to new areas and their numbers aren’t kept under control, such as in New Zealand, where there are no native ...

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In the UK it is just two species of what are known as Yellowjackets, the Common Wasp and the German Wasp, that are the sort that we flap at during picnics. Many wasps are of the parasitoid variety.

It sounds awful and it looks awful; the common-German wasps (and Paper wasps) are, after all, imported pests that don’t belong here. Keep your plants with caterpillars under netting; the wasps ...