Posts Tagged: European paper wasps
These European Paper Wasps Didn't Get the Memo

They didn't get the memo. A sign on a recycling bin near the Mann Laboratory at the University of...
A sign on a UC Davis recycling bin clearly says "Bottles and Cans Only." It says nothing about wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the European paper wasps building their nest beneath the overhanging lid of a recycling bin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European paper wasps even built a nest in a donation box in the Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University. "These ladies had expensive taste," quipped associate professor Amy Toth, who reseachers European paper wasps. (Photo by Amy Merritt, Reiman Gardens)
Why Influx of Caterpillars Linked to Hawks

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the...
Three's company! Three juvenile Cooper's hawks, as identified by Andrew Engilis, Jr. curator of the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology,cooling off in an urban birdbath in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary gets ready to lay an egg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gulf Fritillary caterpillars defoliating the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Wasps Select Their Mates

If you've been lying awake at night wondering how European paper wasps select their mates--or if...
European paper wasp (Polistes dominulus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)