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Hornet/Wasp attacking beetle Sagres Portugal (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter apbarr
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sorry can't id them but that is one hell of a good picture you've got.
apbarr
Well-known member
Thanks, took quite a few of them and that was the best of the wasp
apbarr
Well-known member
Thanks, that looks right from some of the pics on the internet, no wonder the beetle seemed upset!!
The colony will die out during the winter, only the queen will survive and she starts a new nest somewhere else. Very rare for them to build near an old nest.
Wildwood
Well-known member
Just to clarify: only the newly produced queens overwinter to found new nests the following spring. The original founding queen also dies in the autumn along with the workers and males she produced. Queens live approx one year, workers and males a few weeks.
Old nests are not normally re-used as they are often full of parasites etc, but new nests may be built next to old ones if suitable nesting sites are in short supply the following year.
Old nests are not normally re-used as they are often full of parasites etc, but new nests may be built next to old ones if suitable nesting sites are in short supply the following year.
