Pest Control :Sydney paper wasp

Most of Australia's and Sydney's wasps live solitary lives, hunting and feeding alone. A few wasps, such as the paper wasps, are social and live in coloniesand some times mistaken for bees. The paper wasp's nest is a series of cells shaped like

mixture is quite paper-like, and gives these wasps their name. A lone female paper wasps starts nest construction and lays eggs into the first cells. When they hatch she feeds the larvae on partially chewed-up caterpillars. These larvae grow into female wasps that help with nest construction and lay their own eggs. They may compete to become the dominant egg-layer of the colony by eating each others eggs. In the autumn, unfertilized eggs hatch into male wasps that die soon after mating with females, which fly off to start new nests.

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Habit:

Paper wasps are social insects, living in colonies containing workers, queens and males. Colonies are annual with only inseminated queens over wintering.Queen wasps emerge during the warm days of early October to early May,they select a nest site and build a small paper nest in which eggs are laid, One egg is laid in each cell, the wasps nests are mainly found on the sunny side of the house.

Sting:

Paper wasps can deliver painful stings, but are not as aggressive as European Wasps. Paper wasps normally attack humans if their nests are disturbed

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