Liverpool Wasp Control
Wasp and Hornets life cycle.
Wasps like many other insects go through 4 stages of 'development' (complete metamorphosis)
egg - larvae - pupae - adult
The 'Queen' wasps hibernate over the winter to emerge in spring. Depending on the species, the queens choose a suitable site to start the 'new' wasp nest. OLD wasp nests from previous years are not used again although it has been known for the queen to start her new nest adjacent to or 'within' an old wasp nest (vespula vulgaris).
In addition, it is possible for several queens who survived the winter (normally all from the same previous years wasp nest) to start 'construction' of their new wasp nest's in close proximity to each other.
The queens start off by 'collecting' wood which they then 'chew' up with their saliva to make a kind of paper mache or wood pulp to begin forming a nest.
When the queen's first offspring emerge from pupation as adult wasps, they are all known as 'workers' in the colony and are all sterile females. The queen wasp continues to lay more egg's and the workers take over the responsibility of nest building, catching insects which they kill with their sting to take back to the nest to feed to the young 'grubs' (larvae.
The workers chew up the insects and again 'masticate' the food with their saliva to feed to the grubs. In return, the grubs secrete a sugary substance which feeds the workers.
Over the following weeks and months the wasp colony grows and grows. The queen barely gets out these days as she is continually laying egg's and the workers are now a formidable force as the population rapidly grows in size.
t its peak in the summer, an average wasp colony of common wasps (vespula vulgaris) may contain up to 20,000 individuals.
Heat - Its worth noting, that heat is a major contributor to the rapid develpment of the wasp nest. Queens who selected their nest site in a warm location acheive 'big results'. Also the availability of quality food is an important deciding factor.
At the end of the summer, the wasp colony takes on a different function. The queen now starts to lay 'different' eggs. These will eventually emerge as males (drones) and new young queens. The activity becomes 'very active' and the workers are super protective about their nest.
The young queens mate with several drones to become fertilized for the following year.
Eventually the whole colony die's off apart from the new queens who like the queens before them, find a suitable place to hibernate for the winter.www.waspcontrolliverpool.co.uk
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