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19 paź 2017 · Size is the most obvious difference between the male and female wasps. Females are larger than the males because they carry the eggs. Due to this extra baggage, their abdomen is usually fatter and fuller.
1 gru 2020 · The female wasp is the gender that has the ovipositor, this is the body part that contains the stinger. Because the wasp stinger on the female does not have barbs, the female wasp can sting repeatedly and injecting venom into their prey. Interestingly, the stinger on the female wasp also functions as a sex organ.
In wasps, as in other Hymenoptera, sex is determined by a haplodiploid system, which means that females are unusually closely related to their sisters, enabling kin selection to favour the evolution of eusocial behaviour. Females are diploid, meaning that they have 2n chromosomes and develop from fertilized eggs.
24 sty 2023 · The female wasp burrows into the ground to lay eggs in the larvae of June beetles (Cotinis nitida) and Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica). Wasp identification: The easily identifiable blue-winged scoliid wasp has dark blue wings, a black head and thorax, and a black and red abdomen with two yellow dots.
14 paź 2024 · The female wasp deposits an egg in each cell of the nest, and the wasp larva hatching from that egg feeds to maturity upon the food with which its cell has been provisioned. The vast majority of solitary wasps nest in the ground, digging tunnels in the soil in which to lay their eggs.
19 wrz 2023 · When the female lays eggs, she dies, and the fig becomes the cradle for her spawn. Moreover, the female has an elongated ovipositor and pollen baskets on her underside. 19. Gall Wasp (Cynipidae) The gall wasp lays eggs on a plant and injects a chemical into the plant tissue, which triggers the formation of a gall, sheltering the wasp larvae.
Female wasps primarily feed on nectar and pollen, while male wasps have a more varied diet that includes other insects and fruit juices. This difference in diet reflects the distinct roles that male and female wasps play within the colony.