New control innovations are being examined to help manage a pest wasp on the small Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, more than 2700 ...

The specimens were then sent to experts around Australia, who are working to describe any new species collected. The students collected more than 12,000 insect specimens, including 5,465 different ...

There are nearly 300 species of spider wasps found throughout Australia and they are non-aggressive, solitary species that feed mainly on nectar, but hunt spiders to provide food for the wasp larvae.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria. Followed categories will be added to My News. There have also been reports of the wasps “taking over” swimming pools on hot days, making it near ...

There are a number of paper wasp species native to particular areas of the United States, as well as an invasive one, a European variety that has spread nationwide since its arrival in the 1970s ...

Look like: Australian paper wasps are similar to the Asian hornet, only Australian paper wasps are much smaller and have reddish brown body colouring with distinct yellow face, abdomen and thorax ...

Victorians in the state’s north east are reporting swarms of wasps nesting near their homes and of being “chased and attacked”, and painfully stung multiple times.