humans with a spray in their hand or a magpie
A wasp
To protect itself from predators. Most predators will avoid it, thinking it may be a poisonous wasp or hornet. It is harmless.....unless you are a tree.....it bores into wood.
Some species of wasp are but not all.
Because no one wants to mess with a wasp, therefore by looking like a wasp, it can frighten off potential predators.
No, it only looks like a bee/ wasp to scare away predators
Weevils are herbivorous beetles, so therefore would not be predators.
The Cicada Killer is a species of large wasp. The female stings a cicada to imobilize it. It then carries the cicada to a ground borrow where it then lays its eggs on the cicada. When the eggs hatch, the larva of the wasp utilize the body of the cicada for food.
A wasp causes a wasp sting
I once saw a wasp get trapped in a spiders web in my bedroom, the spider promptly wrapped-up the wasp and spent the next two weeks consuming it.
Grasshoppers have quite a lot of predators, and their predators are usually insectivores. Here are some examples of grasshopper's predator, especially insectivores: a.) Lizard b.) Frog c.) Small Insectivorous Birds d.) Dragonfly e.) Spider f.) Beetle (Some, especially bigger beetle species) g.) Pseudoscorpion h.) Wasp (Some, especially huge wasp species) i.) Bat (Some, especially huge bat species j.) Pig
A wasp with a red abdomen in the ecosystem is significant because it may be a species that plays a role in pollination or pest control. Wasps are important for maintaining balance in the ecosystem by controlling insect populations and helping with plant reproduction. The red abdomen may also serve as a warning signal to predators, helping to protect the wasp and its ecosystem.
Yes - there are many types of wasps in California including: German yellowjacket, western yellowjacket, California yellowjacket, paper wasp, mud dauber, fig wasp, Western sand wasp, square headed wasp, bee wolf, Pacific burrowing wasp, gall wasp, soldier wasp, club horned wasp, burrowing wasp, blue mud wasp, cutworm wasp, thread-waisted wasp, mason wasp, potter wasp, and pollen wasp. Obviously this is not a complete list - just scratching the surface really - but it does demonstrate that California has plenty of wasps.