Wasps – learning to love them
This article in Scottish Pollinators (23 September 2024) Maligned, feared and misunderstood helps us to understand wasps better and appreciate their important ecological roles.
Where have the UK’s wasps have gone?
This article in The Conversation (23 August 2024) shares what scientists know about low wasp numbers this year but how data is lacking on what is happening long term. It describes the valuable role wasps play in our ecosystem.
Five facts about the gruesome beauty of solitary wasps
This article in the Conversation (23 May 2022) shares the amazing life stories of these solitary (and useful) insects.
Education as if people and planet matter – the wasp lesson
Read this thought provoking and winning essay written by a secondary school teacher from Leeds, in Resurgence & Ecologist online. The Wasp Lesson addresses how and what we teach, and the value of establishing a connection with nature in children and young people. This was shared by the Forest School [...]
Autumn means more house spiders and sugar hungry wasps
This article in The Conversation (23 September 2021) explains why.
Alien or parasitoid?
This blog post in Scottish pollinators Thick-headed undertakers (20 May 2021) describes the remarkable lifecycle of parasitoid insects, and how we must embrace the gruesome in biodiversity.
