Sixteen insect species photographed for first time by citizen scientist
Phil Warburton is one of millions of citizen scientists around the globe helping fill the gaps in knowledge for entomologists ...
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When Is the Best Time to Spray a Wasp Nest?
Wasps are vital members of the natural community, but they can be dangerous nesting on our homes. Here are keys to safe nest ...
‘To save the Wilkins bunting, we transported killer wasps to the world’s most remote isles’
What is the core of your research?I’m an entomologist and ecologist with CABI, an inter-governmental body with 48 member ...
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How To Get Rid of a Wasp Nest Inside Your Wall
Yellow jacket is the common name of several species that typically build nests in cavities ... Dobrinska says you'll probably notice it June through August when large numbers of wasps fly in and out ...
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Large spiders coming into Oxfordshire homes as UK tarantulas confirmed
Large spiders are entering homes in Oxfordshire after tarantulas ... hiding away behind furniture and hunting the other ...
The tiny wasp helping to save a rare bird from extinction
The critically endangered Wilkins' bunting is only found on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands ...
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The Outside Story: Benefits and misconceptions of digger wasps
On warm days through early fall, you can find two large species of “digger” wasps flitting about late-blooming flowers. Like many wasps, these species elicit strong, often negative, reactions in ...
Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp
Conservationists have introduced a wasp to tackle an invasive scale insect destroying forest habitat of the ...
Rare bird at risk of extinction saved by parasitic wasp in remote island lifeline
The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to a remote island in the South Atlantic, where it has been facing ...
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What do wasps do?
They need large amounts of insects to feed their young, so are only active in the warmer months, when food is readily available. The worker wasps of social species die off late in autumn, while ...
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Where the wasps go at the end of the summer
Just a week or two ago they were enjoying their annual last hurrah: with the ripening of fruits on trees, brambles and vines, plenty of vespa vulgaris were at large ... species are hidden in the ...