Wasps!
Many of you are reporting (www.mb.org.nz) that the monarchs are back, and hopefully they will get in a full generation before the social wasps start doing their damage. In this month’s magazine there is a very interesting article advising what you can do to reduce numbers of social wasps.
They only feed on caterpillars when they’re feeding their juvenile wasps – so during spring they are building their nests, then laying the eggs. When the eggs hatch our caterpillars are vulnerable!
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Illustrated below are the five species of social wasps which create havoc for caterpillars. They are Polistes chinensis / Asian paper wasp,
Polistes dominula, Polistes humilis / Common paper wasp, Vespula vulgaris / Common wasp and Vespula germanica / German paper wasp
Thanks Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research for photos. Note: These are for illustration purposes only and may not be to scale.
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