Wasp Facts

There are almost 300 species of wasps in the British Isles. Only the female wasp stings. Wasps do not die after stinging. There are 3 groups of classification for wasps - parasitic, social and solitary. Only the Queen common wasp - a social wasp - survives the winter by hibernating. The common wasp makes her nest from chewed and pulped wood, resembling paper. Parasitic wasps do not build their own nest but use plants or maybe caterpillars etc. to host their eggs. Some parasitic wasps are bright green or blue in colour. A single colony of wasps may be as large as 2,000 insects.