The species of wasps that the team studied, Polistes dominulus, is a common kind of paper wasp, according to Madden. "These wasps are invasive, and almost everyone has them in their house," she said. ...

Furthermore, he added, the studies highlight the importance of preserving entomological collections, which provide material for ongoing research on the many species of paper wasps and the ...

Paper wasps construct umbrella-shaped nests of paper ... that attracts one kind of yellowjacket, but not all common types in the South, such as southern or German yellowjackets.

Building a small nest of just a few paper cells, the queen must rear ... hopes to find out which species of wasps live where in the UK, and provide some baseline data for an annual Big Wasp ...