Utah State University: Ask an Expert - Do Wasps Get a Bad Rap?
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 27 (TNSOps) (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
By Zach Schumm
All wasps can sting, right? Well, not exactly. While we tend to group them all into the stinging insect category, paper wasps, yellowjackets and aerial yellowjackets (hornets) do most of the stinging. These wasps are in a single-insect family (Vespidae) with ovipositors or egg-laying organs modified into stingers. Of all the species of wasps, over 99% of them do not . . .
By Zach Schumm
All wasps can sting, right? Well, not exactly. While we tend to group them all into the stinging insect category, paper wasps, yellowjackets and aerial yellowjackets (hornets) do most of the stinging. These wasps are in a single-insect family (Vespidae) with ovipositors or egg-laying organs modified into stingers. Of all the species of wasps, over 99% of them do not . . .