| 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 key is the elongated face,
which in Common Wasp is more rounded. This is a fairly
common wasp in the southern counties of the UK and in
Scotland. There are fewer records across the rest of the
UK. |
