| 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 Saxon Wasp is a large wasp,
but not commonly recorded. This was our first record,
when this worker landed on our car parked at woodland
near Worksop. This is a scarce wasp in the UK, with most
records coming from south-eastern areas. |
