| Wasps are
social insects and well known to everyone. Colonies build
up during the Summer and can eventually total several
thousand by the time the colony dies at the onset of cold
weather. Only the young queens survive the Winter,
hibernating in sheds and hollow trees etc, to start new
colonies in the Spring. The German Wasp can be recognised
by the three small black dots just above the mouth and by
the black diamond and triangle markings on the abdominal
segments. It seems to be a fairly common species at
Eakring and throughout Nottinghamshire, with only the
Common Wasp V. vulgaris, being more abundant. |
