Today, I found a yellow jacket wasp in my garden who sat on a lotus leaf of the plant grown in a round earthen pot. I quietly took a few pictures. Luckily, it did not get disturbed or else, I would have to run back to my house to shut the door fearing a chase and attack.
Important information
A wash is a narrow-waisted insect of the order Hymenoptera excluding bees, ants and similar looking broad-waisted sawflies
It classification is as follows: Class-Insecta; Order-Hymenoptera; Superorder-Hymenopterida; Kingdom-Animalia
Unlike bees, wasps do not die after one sting and sting someone quite a few times. He few stings are not that dangerous. However, 30-50 stings of a wasp can be fatal.
Wasps, as predators play a vital ecological role in controlling pests such as greenfly and caterpillars.
Wasps, when disturbed can chase and sting you in hoards. A few intial wasp stay a smelly odour-chemical on you making it easy for other wasps to find you.
The faster you run, the intense is the chase.
Bald-faced hornets are the most aggressive wasps that love to eat nectar and fruit juice
Wasps have a life of a few months to one year
Common home remedies for for relief from the sting are as follows
Removing of sting it left in the skin
coating the sting site with baking soda paste
rubbing the site with an aluminum based deodorant or talcum powder / cold cream
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