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Paper
Wasp
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Mud
Dauber Wasp
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Paper
Wasps and Mud Dauber Wasps are about 3/4 to 1-inch long,
slender with a narrow waist and long legs, reddish-orange
to dark brown or black in color. There are yellowish
markings on the abdomen. Paper-like nests, shaped like
tiny umbrellas, are suspended by a short stem attached
to eaves, window frames, porch ceilings, attic rafters,
etc.
Paper wasps and Mud Dauber Wasps may become a nuisance
when nesting around homes and other structures where
people live, work or play, if you feel you’re
in danger call All Valley honey & Bee to have them
removed. Adult food consists of nectar or other sugary
solutions such as honeydew and the juices of ripe fruits.
This is the reason you will always see wasps in the
lunch area, and or trash cans. Northern or paper wasps
nest in window sills, along eaves and in open areas
sheltered from the rain
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Paper
wasps and Mud Dauber Wasps have a lance-like
stinger and can sting repeatedly. When a paper
wasp or hornet is near you, slowly raise your
hands to protect your face, remaining calm and
stationary for a while and then move very slowly
away. Never swing, strike or run rapidly away
since quick movement often provokes attack and
painful stings. Restrain children from throwing
rocks or spraying nests with water. Avoid creating
loud noises and disturbance near the nest.
Paper wasps and Mud Dauber Wasps live in colonies
containing workers, queens and males. Queens
emerge during the warm days of late April or
early May, select a nest site and build a small
paper nest in which eggs are laid. As she adds
more cells around the edge, eggs are deposited.
Larvae in the center are older with the younger
larvae further out. It is the cells at the rim
of the nest which contain eggs. After eggs hatch,
the queen feeds the young larvae. When larvae
are ready to pupate, cells are covered with
silk, forming little domes over the individual
openings. Larvae pupate, emerging later as small,
infertile females called "workers."
By mid-June, the first adult workers emerge
and assume the tasks of nest expansion, foraging
for food, caring for the queen and larvae and
defending the colony. Remember with paper wasps,
the nest is the work of a single female
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When outdoors, avoid the use of heavily scented
soaps, shampoos, perfumes, colognes, after-shaves
and cosmetics. Avoid shiny buckles and jewelry.
Cover exposed skin and wear gray, white or tan rather
than bright colors.
Also, remember that if a paper wasp or Mud Dauber
Wasps gets into the automobile while driving, never
panic. It wants out of the car as much as you want
it out. Slowly pull over off the road, and open
the car windows and doors. Trying to remove or kill
a paper wasp or hornet while the car is moving can
result in accidents.
Treatment of Stings
After being stung, immediately apply a poultice
of meat tenderizer to the wound. If the sting
is not deep, this will break down the components
of the sting fluid, reducing the pain.
A commercial preparation such as a sting kill
swab can be used. Antihistamine ointments and
tablets taken orally appear effective in reducing
sting reactions. Persons highly sensitive to stings
should consider a desenitization program in an
allergy clinic. Consult your physician about medical
kits such as Ana-Kit, which contains antihistamine
tablets and aqueous epinephrine (adrenalin) administered
by injection, a tourniquet and sterile alcohol
swabs for cleaning the injection site. Frequently,
a bronchodilator material (inhaler) is needed.
Persons who are especially sensitive to stings
should get several competitive cost estimates
from reputable, licensed, professional pest control
operators who have the experience, equipment and
most effective insecticides to get the best job
done.
The
common wasp, Vespula vulgaris is a wasp found
in much of the Northern Hemisphere, which builds
its grey paper nest, often using an abandoned
mammal hole as a start for the site, which is
then enlarged by the workers. The foundress queen
may also select a hollow tree, wall cavity, or
rock crevice for a nest site.
The
nest is made from chewed wood fibres, mixed with
saliva. It has open cells and a petiole attaching
the nest to the substrate. The wasps produce a
chemical which repels ants and secrete it around
the base of this petiole in order to avoid ant
predation.
A
solitary female queen starts the nest, building
20-30 cells before initial egg-laying. This phase
begins in spring, depending on climatic conditions.
She fashions a petiole and produce a single cell
at the end of it. Six further cells are then added
around this to produce the characteristic hexagonal
shape of the nest cells. The spherical nest is
built up from layers of cells.
Once
the larvae have hatched as workers, they take up
most of the colony’s foraging, brood care
and nest maintenance. A finished nest may contain
5,000–10,000 individuals. Each
wasp colony includes one queen and a number of
sterile workers. Colonies usually last only one
year, all but the queen dying at the onset of
winter. However, in the mild climate of New Zealand,
a few of the colonies survive the winter, although
this is much more common with the German wasp.
New queens and males (drones) are produced towards
the end of the summer, and after mating, the queen
overwinters in a hole or other sheltered location,
sometimes indoors.
The
common wasp is 17-20 mm long, and has typical
wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar
to the German wasp, but seen head on, its face
lacks the three black dots characteristic of that
species.
This
common and widespread wasp collects insects including
caterpillars to feed to its larvae, and is therefore
generally beneficial. The adults feed on nectar
and sweet fruit. Common wasps will also attempt
to invade honeybee nests to steal their honey.
Generally
wasps do not have a mating flight. Instead they
reproduce between a single queen and a male drone
in the vicinity of their nesting area. After successfully
mating the drones sperm cells are stored in a tightly
packed ball inside the queen. The sperm are kept
stored in a dormant state until the following spring.
At a certain time of year (often around autumn time)
the bulk of the wasp colony dies away leaving only
the young mated queens alive. During this time they
leave the nest and find a suitable area to hibernate
for the winter.
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After
emerging from hibernation during early spring
the young queens search for a suitable nesting
site. Upon finding an area for her future
colony the queen usually constructs a basic
paper nest into which she will begin to
lay eggs. This varies from species to species
in specifics as not all wasps live in paper
nests.
The
sperm that was stored earlier and kept dormant
over winter is now used to fertilize the
eggs being laid. The storage of sperm inside
the female queen allows her to lay a considerable
number of fertilized eggs without the need
for repeated mating with a male wasp. For
this reason a single female queen is quite
capable of building an entire colony from
only herself. The eggs laid initially are
sterile female workers who will begin to
construct a more elaborate nest around their
queen and take over her role of feeding
the larvae.
In
wasps sexes are significantly genetically
different. Females have a diploid (2n) number
of chromosomes and come about from fertilized
eggs. Males in contrast have a haploid (n)
number of chromosomes and develop from an
unfertilised egg.
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