Breeding wasps

How wasps multiply depends on the type of insect. Single wasps lay eggs on beetles, bear cubs, their larvae, buried in the ground. After a few hours, the larva appears, begins to feed on the insides of the victim, at the end of the cycle it pupates, is selected from under the ground by adult insects. Breeding social networks happens differently than is of particular interest.

Features of the life cycle

With the onset of autumn, young fertilized females are looking for a place to winter.It can be wooden buildings, hollows, tree trunks with bark, old stumps. With the first frost in the body of an insect, metabolic processes slow down, wasp falls into anabiosis, falls asleep.

With the onset of warm days, around the end of April, the uterus wakes up. Looks for a favorable place for the future nest. He lays the foundation, builds a cell, lays an egg there. Each larva requires a separate chamber. The uterus takes care of the offspring, feeds a gruel of chewed insects. The larvae instead produce sticky saliva, which the female feeds on. There is a mutual exchange of food.

Breeding wasps

After 14-20 days, imagoes appear - unfertilized females, called “working individuals”. In the future, they build the nest, get food, feed the larvae. Working individuals live about a month.

On a note!

The uterus continues to lay eggs until August. For all her life, she is able to lay 1500 eggs.

In late September, working individuals destroy eggs, larvae, pupae, die themselves, the uterus dies. Only young fertile females survive.

The life cycle of the wasps depends on the variety - the working individuals live for about a month, the queen is a year, the drones are a few weeks.

Breeding wasps

At the end of the summer, working individuals attach large honeycombs to the nest. There the uterus lays eggs. After 20 days, young fertile females will appear, males - drones. For some time, the younger generation is in the nest, fed, gaining strength. At the end of August take off. Mate wasps late summer, early fall. One time is enough for the uterus to lay eggs all its life.

The old swarm dies with the onset of the first frost. Young uterus after a happy wintering begins to build a nest, reproduce eggs. During the entire warm season, mainly working individuals appear, only in August - fertile females, males. In the mating season, the wasps are especially active, aggressive. If a person accidentally approaches the nest, the whole swarm attacks. Therefore, at the end of the summer you need to be especially careful in nature.

Wasp life

Interesting!

In countries with a warm climate, public wasps live for several years, the family has several thousand individuals, and the nest is 60 cm in diameter. Some of the queens prefer not to build their own nestrather conquer. Sneaking into someone else's hive, killing the queen, she herself takes her place.Over time, only her offspring remain in the nest.

Development of larvae

Each egg female lays in a separate cell. A few hours later the larva appears - a thick, legless worm of white color. Sedentary, absolutely can not take care of itself. Feeds on extremely active, for the development required only protein food. After 14 days, the larva weaves a cocoon, closes the entrance to the cell. In this state, stays about a week. Adult imagos fly out from there, who immediately take up their duties.

Interesting!

In some families of wasps, young females help to fill up the colony. They lay eggs, but do not claim to be the queen. However, with the tragic death of the uterus quietly replace it. In such a swarm, fertile females, males are born not only at the end of summer, but periodically the whole season, ready to mate at any time. The wasp family got the name polista.

Larvae wasps

As the wasp feeds the larvae, a very fascinating process. Chews an insect, forms small balls, feeds cubs.

How wasp breathes

In addition to food, water, air is needed to sustain life.The respiratory organs of the wasps is the whole system of tubes, pouches. Scientific figures call them trachea. Breathing is carried out through special spiracles located on the sides of the body. Presented in the form of tubes, ends with special bags inside the body.

Numerous tubes that support the functions of internal organs go away from the air sacs. The insect can control the flow of oxygen during breathing with a closing valve. Thanks to him inside does not get dust, dirt.

The wasp in the process of breathing makes the contraction of the muscles of the abdomen, chest. Air enters the trachea, is pushed out. The number of breaths depends on the ambient temperature. The need for fresh oxygen is very high. The respiratory sacs are well developed in the uterus, but most of all in drones.