The species of wasps that the team studied, Polistes dominulus, is a common kind of paper wasp, according to Madden. "These wasps are invasive, and almost everyone has them in their house," she said. ...

Wasps pose significant dangers, as even a single wasp or a large group can inflict harm or even be fatal to sensitive ...

Types of nests vary between wasps. Some wasps build large, roughly cone-shaped nests of a paper-like material. Others build ...

Furthermore, he added, the studies highlight the importance of preserving entomological collections, which provide material for ongoing research on the many species of paper wasps and the ...

Building a small nest of just a few paper cells, the queen must rear ... hopes to find out which species of wasps live where in the UK, and provide some baseline data for an annual Big Wasp ...

One study recorded wasps visiting and pollinating over 600 species of different fauna. Another has shown that in the absence of bumblebees as pollinators, the introduction of Paper Wasps can ...

Variation in body size of paper wasps (Polistes) analyzed in the study. Each individual in the image represents a different species Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...