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Montpelier City Council held its regular meeting on Oct. 20. Mayor Sharp and Shane Johnson were absent. Dan Fisher, Council Chairman, conducted the meeting. After the regular business of the
Wasps have a bad rap; this summer, let's learn to love them By: CNN By Jen Rose Smith, CNN (CNN) -- Before you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers evolved to resemble the rear end of a female thynnine wasp. It's a ruse to attract male thynnine wasps. When a passing wasp makes his move on the flower — tries to have sex with it, in other words — he inadvertently deposits pollen on the orchid's stigma. Without amorous wasps, these remarkable flo...
Everyone hates wasps. This summer, let's learn to love them. CNN 10 hrs ago By Jen Rose Smith, CNN © Courtesy Seirian Sumner Wasps play an important role as predators of other insects and pollinators, but they are unpopular with the public and researchers alike. This hunting wasp is digging out a fall armyworm. Before you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers evolved to resemble the rear end of a female thynnine wasp. It's a ruse to attract male thynnine wasps. When a passing wa...
Wasps have a bad rap. This summer, let’s learn to love them Before you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers evolved to resemble the rear end of a female thynnine wasp. It’s a ruse to attract male thynnine wasps. When a passing wasp makes his move on the flower — tries to have sex with it, in other words — he inadvertently deposits pollen on the orchid’s stigma. Without amorous wasps, these remarkable flowers would never bloom again. That intricate relationship between flower and insect is ...
Academics said that wasps regulate populations of arthropods, like aphids and caterpillars, that damage crops. They are also expert pollinators, visiting 960 plant species including 164 that are completely dependent on wasps for pollination, according to a study published in Biological Reviews. Lead author Prof Seirian Sumner, from UCL’s Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, said: “Wasps are one of those insects we love to hate – and yet bees, which also sting, are prized for pollinating our crops and making honey. “In a previous study, we found that the hatred of wasps is...