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Aussiegall wrote:

3 hrs ago

Interesting observations. Curiosity if you have been seeing quite a few euro wasps I would be concerned that there was a nest nearby. We had a nest in our compost heap which I didn't know about until I went to turn it over. Fortunately, I only got bitten once. It might be worth having a scout around to see if you could locate the nest and get rid of it. We ended up getting a pest control guy to come in, too many Euro wasps for my liking for me to tackle. After he dusted the nest and they had died, he dug the nest up, it was a massive nest, bigger than a netball

Boreoides subulatus

AlisonMilton wrote:

5 hrs ago

Hi, Yesterday I watched a European Wasp attacking a European Honey Bee in the grass on my front lawn. It came back several times and it seemed the bee was slowly dying as it struggled in the grass for some time. By the time I got my camera the wasp didn't come back. I presumed that since the wasps like sweet things that it might have been stealing the pollen from the bee, but killed the bee in the process.

Boreoides subulatus

Curiosity wrote:

5 hrs ago

Hi GITM1. I, too, have wondered why the wasps were attaching the soldier flies. Canberra NatureMapr has a good description of the behaviour for Vespula germanica (European Wasp). After reading it, I think the wasps' attacks on the soldier flies could be just an example of their usual aggressive behaviour toward other insects. I've been seeing quite a few of these social wasps around the yard & nearby.

Boreoides subulatus

GITM1 wrote:

Yesterday

Very interesting. I have heard of wasps doing that to caterpillars and laying their eggs inside, but I never knew they did that to Soldier Flies

Boreoides subulatus

Curiosity wrote:

Yesterday

Hi, and thanks, GlossyGal. I was surprised and disturbed by the wasps attacking the soldier flies.

Boreoides subulatus