WASPS


  •  Only the queen and worker wasps have a sting.
  •  A common wasps nest can be 45cm wide.
  •  The tarantula hawk wasp is the world's largest wasp. The female catches tarantulas and stuns them with her sting. She puts the tarantula in her burrow to lay her eggs on. When the baby wasp hatches, it has a tasty meal.
  •  Each spring a leader of a European wasp colony, called the queen, starts a new nest where she lays her eggs. She uses 'paper' which she makes by chopping up wood. She makes individual cells for the eggs and builds protective layers around the outside.

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