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Yellow Jackets are more Aggressive in the Fall

Yellow Jackets are more Aggressive in the Fall

Yellow jacket colonies are started in spring.  An overwintering queen works alone until the colony grows as a first generation of workers emerge. In late summer, a new generation of reproducing male and female yellow jackets emerge to mate. A new queen looks for a...
Some Wasps are party animals!

Some Wasps are party animals!

A few of the species of wasps in California, and there are a lot of them, live a social life.  They are referred to as social wasps, and they are predators and or scavengers.  These wasps provide a great benefit in that they kill large numbers of plant-eating insects...