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Chrysura refulgens - cuckoo wasp
By Alvesgaspar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
I've asked it, you've asked it, we all have! What is the point of wasps? Well this time Nick and Liam try to answer it with help from Dr. Seirian Sumner and discover that wasps are more than just pests.
Intro music is by the lovely Kevin MacLeod at incompetech, find more of his music here.
Show NotesLiam's blog on 'what is the point of wasps?'
Dr. Seirian Sumner
Wasps eat hundreds of kilos of insects
The big wasp survey
How to make a trap
Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS)
Seirian's work on sociality
Lotka-Volterra
Wasps out-compete New Zealand Birds
Wasps as pollinators - Chiloglotis orchid
Plants attracting wasps
Yeast overwintering in wasps
Ancient Chinese inspiration for paper
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Chrysura refulgens - cuckoo wasp
By Alvesgaspar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
I've asked it, you've asked it, we all have! What is the point of wasps? Well this time Nick and Liam try to answer it with help from Dr. Seirian Sumner and discover that wasps are more than just pests.
Intro music is by the lovely Kevin MacLeod at incompetech, find more of his music here.
Show NotesLiam's blog on 'what is the point of wasps?'
Dr. Seirian Sumner
Wasps eat hundreds of kilos of insects
The big wasp survey
How to make a trap
Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS)
Seirian's work on sociality
Lotka-Volterra
Wasps out-compete New Zealand Birds
Wasps as pollinators - Chiloglotis orchid
Plants attracting wasps
Yeast overwintering in wasps
Ancient Chinese inspiration for paper