ARWadsworth wrote:
"A _L_ P" wrote in message
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"The Medway Handyman" writes:
Do wasps have any good points/uses?
Yes, they kill/eat most of the harmful garden insects.
I've never heard of or observed this here (New Zealand) but they are an
introduced species here so may not have the natural niche that they do
elsewhere. Likewise with this:
Wasps are also pollinators of many plants.

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A L P

Possibly a different species of wasp to the typical wasp that makes a nest
in a UK house?

You could be right. Ours are reputed to have come over as stow-aways :
Hymenoptera: evolution, biodiversity and biological control - Google
Books Result by Andrew D. Austin, Mark Dowton, International ... - 2000
- Science - 468 pages
The German wasp arrived in 1945, about 30 years before the common wasp.
Both species are now distributed throughout New Zealand in a wide range
of habitats ...
books.google.co.nz/books?isbn=0643066101...

And there are a couple of pictures he
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/re...asps/index.asp

Adam

PS I have seen peacocks eat wasps


Is that why peacocks make that knee-weakening shriek?

A L P