West to Midwest U.S.
In Kansas, common types of wasps include paper wasps, yellowjackets, and mud daubers.
A paper wasp nest usually houses around 15 to 20 wasps.
There are many types of wasps (over 100,000 species), but they usually fall into one of the two categories - solitary or social. Solitary wasps - mud daubers, pollen wasps, potter wasps. Social wasps - polistine paper wasps.
There are approximately 700 species of paper wasp that can be found world-wide. Most, however, can be found in the western hemisphere in the sub-tropics.
Common types of wasps found in Kansas include paper wasps, yellowjackets, and mud daubers.
The nests that they make actually are constructed of paper. The wasps collect bits of wood (usually in some stage of decomposition) , paper, or cardboard if they can find it. "chew" it up, mix it with their "saliva" and spread it around in very thin layers with air layers in between.
There is a way with PAPER wasps but i dont know about insects :)
No, paper wasps do not hibernate. In colder months, they die off with only the fertilized queens finding shelter to survive and start new colonies in the spring.
A typical paper wasp nest can house anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred wasps, depending on the species and the size of the nest.
"Zombie wasps" was the name given to European Paper Wasps that get infected by the parasite Xenos vesparum, a fly larva that burrows into the wasp's body. The infected wasps lose their social skills of working for the hive, and grow more slowly as the parasite develops inside them. However, they do no harm to the environment. The fly is only found in Europe where there are plenty of Paper Wasps.
Yes, paper wasps do not die after they sting because their stingers are not barbed like those of honeybees. This allows them to sting multiple times without harming themselves.
There are over 20,000 different types of wasps in the whole world