Origin of the species
Insects have no particular scientific definition. Wasps include all stinging stalked-bellies belonging to the order Hymenoptera. These insects are not classified as ants or bees.
At the moment, a wide variety of wasp species are noted. These include: road, lustrous, as well as scoli, paper, hornets, and so on. All varieties are conventionally divided into:
- Solitary insects.
- Public insects.
Interesting fact: bees are able to defend themselves only with a sting, while wasps additionally use a powerful jaw apparatus. In times of danger, wasps bite quite painfully.
How dangerous is the threat of extinction of bees?
It is heard everywhere that bees are dying out, and this is jeopardizing the balance of our ecosystem. Nevertheless, agriculture still does not experience any particular problems with insect pollination and in many countries currently imports honey. There is no particular danger yet, but the fewer bees there will be, the more difficult it will be to be able to control crop failures and their consequences.
Description
Wasp builds a nest
Solitary wasps live apart. They build strangely shaped nests on their own. All adult insects can reproduce. Nests are built in secluded corners: in spaces between walls, under roofs, in the soil. Only a few species live without building nests. Such wasps live in naturally created tree holes.
The social species live in large families. The nest is built by the uterus, and not every adult insect can reproduce. In some cases, several thousand individuals live in such colonies, while only the uterus can reproduce. Infertile wasps are considered workers, while fertile wasps are called queens.
Interesting fact: Most of the Hymenoptera are capable of changing their lifestyle from solitary to social. This process is carried out in several stages.
Brave predators
A unique feature of wasps is the nature of their nutrition, largely determined by the specifics of the life cycle. In their development, these insects undergo a so-called complete metamorphosis: the larva has a thick worm-like body and does not at all resemble a graceful, fast adult insect, either outwardly or in its "gastronomic predilections".
The wasp larva is a predator that feeds only on animal food, while the adult insects mostly make do with the nectar of flowers, sweet juicy berries and fruits. In some cases, the attitude towards food even goes to the extreme: for example, among philanthropists, also called bee wolves, the larva is physically unable to digest carbohydrates.
It is interesting
Even huge scolias, which in their adult state have an eerie appearance and gloomy coloring, feed on the nectar of flowers, but their offspring grows and develops, slowly eating the larvae of the May beetle paralyzed by their parents.
For their larvae, wasps get the most diverse protein food, always choosing the pieces that are most tasty in their opinion. In social wasps, adults catch other insects or bite off pieces of meat from carrion or spoiling fish, then they themselves chew this food, mix it with their digestive enzymes, and only then feed the offspring with the resulting mixture.
It is interesting
The larvae of social wasps do not emit excrement, which would simply have nowhere to go from the honeycomb. All waste products accumulate in their body, and after the young wasp leaves, they remain in the combs. Then the workers clean the freed cradle.
If we talk about single wasps, then their feeding algorithm is completely different and is not much like that of social relatives. Females of solitary wasps, as a rule, catch arthropods, paralyze them with their poison, hide them in a burrow, and then lay eggs in their victims. The resulting live "canned food" will serve as a source of food for the larvae developing from eggs for a long time.
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Interestingly, the victim with the eggs laid in it usually lives up to the pupation of its tormentor. The larva eats it, starting from those organs, the loss of which will not lead to rapid death, and therefore, although the paralyzed prey may lose most of the body, it will still remain alive.
The spectrum of potential victims is very wide. However, some species of wasps are highly specialized and hunt, for example, only spiders or bedbugs (while they can also attack very large tarantulas).
The photo below just captures such an attack on a spider:
But hornets, for example, eat literally everything that consists of meat. Scientists have found among their victims a variety of insects, slugs, worms, millipedes, even lizards and rodents. However, as entomologists suggest, hornets do not attack the same mice, but only feed on the remains of the wild cats' table at a convenient opportunity.
It is interesting
The emerald cockroach wasp inhabiting the rainforests (see photo below) affects the brain of its victims - cockroaches - so precisely that they can then move, only controlled by the wasp. It turns out a kind of zombie cockroach. After the bite, the predator leads the prey by the antennae into its hole, where it lays an egg on it.
Beekeepers have a special relationship with striped predators around the world. For example, hornets against bees are a very formidable force: some large species of them can destroy hives of thousands.
In general, wasps play an important role in nature, including from the point of view of human agricultural activities, because they are able to destroy a large number of harmful insects. In addition, wasps play the role of a kind of orderlies of insect populations and factors of natural selection.
Appearance
Wasp with a sting
Wasps are extremely bright and eye-catching insects. They have a characteristic color - black and yellow transverse stripes. Adult insects grow up to 10 cm. Some females grow up to 18 cm. Small hairs are located along the body of the animal. The torso ends with a sharp sting. The sting is short, smooth, which allows it to easily pierce the body of the enemy. The victims are able to move, so the wasps sting in any position.
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Wasp eyes
Insects have compound eyes. They are quite large in comparison with the body, they can distinguish objects within a radius of 180 degrees. Three additional eyes are at the crown. Moreover, they are practically invisible to the naked eye. Antenna mustaches are placed near the small eyes. Their purpose varies depending on the insect's occupation and on certain situations. Basically, wasps are guided by these antennae during flights. They serve as a guide for determining the direction of the wind, the size of the cracks, etc.
Interesting fact: since wasps have a smooth sting, they do not injure themselves when attacking.
Why don't wasps and hornets make honey?
All colonies can survive for several years, because the queen has a lifespan of about three to four years, and therefore the bees place the honeycomb of large inventories in order to survive in the cold season. In the summer, the bee usually lives for four or five weeks, other bees are still struggling next spring in order to ensure the survival of the people.
Wasps and hornets also feed on nectar, but use it only as food and do not create combs. They simply have a different organism.
Features of the
The name of insects is collective for many species.The external characteristics of many varieties of wasps differ significantly. The most common are: Paper wasps. Most familiar to people. They live near a person of standard black and yellow color. Sequins. Wasps of medium size, growing up to 8 cm, also standard color. Floral. These insects are extremely small. Do not grow larger than a centimeter. The color is standard with a predominance of yellow. German women. Insects with a specific color. Their body color is bright orange. Such wasps are immediately striking. Males are black and orange with black wings. Females are wingless, for which they received the nickname velvet ants.
Areal - where do wasps live?
The habitat of the common wasp
Animals can be found all over the planet. These insects have spread across all continents. They are found in all CIS countries, Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Insects cannot be found only in the vast Sahara, in the Arctic, and also in the Arabian Peninsula. Insects love to settle in temperate climates. Hot and frosty regions do not give the wasps the opportunity to exist.
Interesting fact: on the territory of China and Japan there is an extremely dangerous species of these insects. Asian hornets grow up to 6 cm and can kill an adult with one bite. They are especially dangerous for allergy sufferers. Every year in these countries, up to 50 people die after the sting of this hornet.
Most of the insects are found in the northern hemisphere of the planet. Some are found in Brazil. Insects choose housing based on criteria: the presence of plants where they can hide, people and a temperate climate. Being around people allows the wasps to get food faster. You can live on trees, and build nests from wood. Some species build nests out of clay or small stones. Outwardly, such houses look like small castles.
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Housing issue for wasps.
Wasps lack organs capable of secreting wax, so they build their nests from a substance similar to thin cardboard. We can observe a similar process in one of our widespread species - the Saxon wasp. To do this, she scrapes off old wood on dry trunks, stumps and even fences, leaving longitudinal grooves. Then, after chewing and mixing it with saliva, he builds a spherical nest, which he places on the branches of trees, under overhanging rocks or roofs of houses. What makes this neighborhood fraught with trouble for both humans and wasps. Therefore, the invasion of wasps into human territory always ends with the same sadness for the wasp family - the destruction of the nest.
What eats
Wasp eating
Wasps have a varied diet, depending on several factors: the type of insect, at what stage of development it is and where it lives. People think that the wasps don't care what they eat, but in reality it is not. Insects feed on meat, fish, berries, or sweets. Moreover, these products do not constitute the main diet of insects.
Wasps love soft but liquid food.... They eat the pulp of the fruit, drink the sap of plants, eat the berries and drink the flower nectar. Wasps can eat human food whenever possible. Insects seek food thanks to their developed sense of smell. They can easily spot slightly rotted or fermented fruits. Also, animals love beer or kvass. Some of the wasp's food is taken to the larvae or uterus. This work rests on the shoulders of the workers.
Wasp hunting
Predatory wasps eat differently. They rarely drink nectar, and most of the time they hunt other insects. They can even kill small spiders. They feed the larvae with insects. Previously, a predatory wasp tracks down a potential victim, after which it rushes at it with a sting, paralyzing. The poison keeps the victim fresh.
Features of character and lifestyle
Belonging to an animal greatly changes its lifestyle.Solitary wasps live monotonously, actively engaged in providing supplies for the larvae. Their nests have separate compartments for prey, where it is stored for feeding the offspring. In the future, the larvae develop independently.
Wasps nest
Social wasps lead a richer life. In the spring, the uterus finds a place where she creates a house. In the nest, she lays eggs, and then takes care of the larvae that have appeared. With the first brood, the queen gets rid of her worries. The nest is now being looked after by worker wasps. They build the nest further and get food. The uterus, in turn, continues to leave offspring.
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Wasps work at night
Some believe that wasps and bees sleep at night. However, in reality, everything is completely different. Insects take several minutes a day to rest. They never sleep at night. Work is constantly in full swing in the nests. Wasps gradually chew on the bark, and in the morning they rebuild new honeycombs with the resulting material.
Interesting fact: Males do not live more than two weeks. Most often, they die some time after mating with the uterus.
Most of the representatives of wasps have a bad temper. They will never attack first, but they will sting at the slightest excitement. The scent of wasp poison is felt by the relatives, so it is best for the victim to move away from the nest, before the whole colony attacked it. Wasps unite and jointly oppose enemies.
Wasp or paper
Why paper
Wasps of this species use paper to build their nests, which they make themselves, chewing and wetting the wood fibers with sticky saliva.
What does it look like
The paper wasp has the traditional classic color for wasps in black and yellow stripes. The body consists of three distinct parts - the head, chest and fusiform abdomen. All parts are very mobile, as they are connected to each other by thin stems. The wasp easily turns its head, and the thin and flexible "waist" allows it to literally fold in half. Such acrobatic abilities help, firstly, to hunt other insects, which are often larger and stronger than the wasp, and secondly, to defend against the attack of their enemies. This insect has two powerful weapons at opposite ends of its body - massive and strong jaws on its head and a sharp, hard sting at the tip of its abdomen. Flexibility gives her the opportunity, if necessary, to use both and emerge victorious from a fight with a stronger opponent.
The wasp is one of the most big-eyed insects. She has five eyes! Two large main faceted eyes are located on the sides of the head. They consist of a huge number of individual elements that form a mosaic picture of the world. These eyes have a wide angle of view, allowing you to capture the slightest movement in close proximity. Considering the mobility of the head, we can say that the wasp has a constant field of view within a radius of 180 degrees. Primary eyes have one drawback - they don't focus on details very well. However, this gap is compensated by three small eyes on the wasp's forehead. In structure, each of them resembles a human and even has a pupil that responds well to the brightness of lighting.
FACT
The wasp not only sees well, but also perfectly distinguishes the faces of its relatives. Even a human could envy her phenomenal memory and ability to navigate in space.
Another very sensitive organ located on the head is the antennae of the wasp. They catch odors and vibrations in the air, with the help of them the insect can evaluate the taste of liquid food and measure the length of the combs in the nest. They have antennae and a communicative function. Touching the antennae, the wasps transmit certain information to each other.
Wasps, like any social creatures, have a lot of ways of communicating with each other:
- tactile communication through touch;
- sign language using postures and body movements;
- Chemical emissions also carry information. On the underside of the wasps' legs there are glandular formations that can secrete pheromones.
- Sound signals.
INTERESTING
Wasps do not have a special organ that produces sounds. For this purpose, they use the wing muscles. With rapid muscle contractions, the chitinous parts of the external skeleton of the chest vibrate, making buzzing sounds. Wasps are buzzing in different ways - now intermittently, now lingeringly, now low, now high, and each vibration has its own meaning, understandable only to fellows.
How many lives
The wasp's age is short. The uterus lives for an average of ten months, and the life expectancy of working wasps is only a month. In this short period of time, a lot has to be done and everything has to be done to preserve the species, and therefore in wasps everything happens quickly, if not swiftly. Before you have time to look around, a hornet's nest hangs in the empty place yesterday!
How does it multiply
Preparation for a stormy spring reproduction takes place in advance. A wasp has everything like a good owner, who prepares a sled in the summer, and a cart in the winter. So is the wasp - mating and fertilization of the female occurs in the fall - most often in October. The female mates with several males at once, so that everything is, so to speak, for sure. Soon after mating, drones and worker bees die, and the fertilized female, finding a secluded place, goes into hibernation. With the first rays of the warm spring sun, she awakens and begins to actively search for a suitable place for a hive. The female builds the first combs herself. In them it lays eggs and waits for offspring. Literally after 6 days, larvae emerge from the eggs, which, in the process of development and enhanced nutrition, are entwined with cobwebs and turn into pupae. Already 3 days after the creation of the cocoon, an adult hatches from it.
ON A NOTE
In the spring and summer, extremely sterile females emerge from the eggs - working wasps. This process is controlled by the uterus itself. Only at the end of summer does she begin to lay eggs from which wasps of both sexes capable of breeding can appear. They mate with each other, and then leave the hive forever.
Once born, worker bees take care of building the nest and feeding the offspring, and the queen is engaged in laying eggs. And then everything develops exponentially. The hives quickly grow in size, and the wasps guard them zealously. They become aggressive and suppress any attempts to approach their home by using a sting.
FACT
Wasps never sleep. After sunset, they return to the nest to chew on the bark brought during the day for the construction of the hive.
What eats
The diet of the common wasp depends on the stage of development at which it is located. The newly hatched larvae feed exclusively on protein foods. Adult wasps feed the offspring, catching insects and chewing them with their powerful jaws. A young growing organism receives food almost ready for rapid assimilation. Wasp obtains full-value proteins for kids not only during hunting - they are always available in the public domain in markets, in meat and fish stalls and other places with street stalls. The wasp's jaws are capable of pinching off small pieces even from a very large carcass. If there is an apiary in the immediate vicinity of the wasp's nest, then the bees will become easy prey for the wasp. A wasp can attack a bee even in flight and instantly paralyze it with the poison of its sting. A bee is a complex lunch for both “mommy” and “child” - an adult gets nectar, which it squeezes out of the bee's abdomen, and a paralyzed insect goes to feed the young. The nectar eaten by the bee is harmful to the larvae.
FACT
The stomach of the young is so tuned in to protein foods that the larvae of some wasp species even lack enzymes capable of digesting and assimilating carbohydrates.
With age, the food habits of the wasp change greatly.A sexually mature individual is a big sweet tooth - she smells jam, honey and even sugar a mile away, and of course will not miss the opportunity to feast on. The basis of the diet of an adult wasp is ripe fruits of sweet fruits. Juicy flesh and an easy-to-bite rind are the most important criteria for choosing a wasp. Peaches, plums, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes correspond most of all to these parameters. In the absence of a choice, an apple and a pear will do, despite the rather tough peel - there will be no hungry wasp. She finds particular charm in fallen fruits, in which the fermentation process has begun. It is possible that the brew gives her a slight feeling of euphoria, which a person experiences when intoxicated. In any case, experienced gardeners often use beer as bait to trap these insects.
Social structure
In winter, wasps winter under the bark of trees, fallen leaves, in their nests. The nests are located in nooks and crannies. In the spring, the queens fly out and look for a new place where they will build nests. Nests are needed so that the wasp can reproduce and increase the size of the colony. Bark, small pebbles and other natural building materials are involved in the construction of nests.
The first offspring are sterile individuals. In the future, they continue to build the nest and get food for the uterus, caring for the offspring. At the end of summer, the uterus produces a new brood, which is also capable of breeding. Once the females have been fertilized, they look for a wintering place. Males die quickly.
Earth wasp
Most of the predatory wasps live in the ground. Only a few, in principle, do not build nests, settling in natural holes. Solitary individuals prefer to lay their eggs in separate cells, which is not typical of public ones. There is no connection between larvae and adult insects of solitary wasps. After blockage, the larvae survive on their own. A remarkable fact is that the male larvae are placed in smaller cells. From this we can conclude that males are smaller than females.
Solitary individuals build more interesting nests than public ones. These include: Burrowing wasps, otherwise called Sphecidae. Rebuild nests in protected corners. These are mainly places from the side of the house walls. Flower wasps, otherwise called Masarinae, build their dwellings in the same way.
Reproduction
Wasp breeding stages
In winter, adults constantly hide in shelters. For this purpose, they first look for secluded corners. In the spring, the queen looks for a place and builds a nest. After the first brood, the queen stops building a house on her own. This task falls entirely on the working wasps.
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Fertile wasps are born at the end of summer. Fertilized females hide in shelters for the winter, and males die after mating games. Up to 2 thousand insects are produced from one uterus, the mass of which cannot reproduce.
Development stages of the paper wasp
The uterus seals the eggs in a special chamber, where they are kept together with the insects placed there. The larvae feed on insects, developing into full-fledged individuals. Those larvae that can continue to reproduce eat differently. Their diet is food that promotes the development of the genitals.
Why aren't bees and other insects swarming?
Bees swarm whenever the colony reaches the maximum number of bees (In winter up to 5000, in summer up to 40.000) and another bee colony should be formed. The older bees fly with the original queen to the appropriate place to start building the honeycomb again. At the original hive, young bees are waiting for a new queen who produced a queen bee before leaving, slips and a new state can be established.
When you find a swarm in a garden or place, do not worry, as a rule, they will not sting until they find a new place for themselves.It may even happen that several bee strains with queens evolve from the original strain if the first new queen immediately kills their rivals. Wasps do not swarm because only their queen survives the winter.
Views
Zoologists count a lot of varieties of wasps. The main differences are in sizes, patterns and colors. The pattern on the body is often clear, but it has a different shape. Common wasps have anchor-like patterns.
Wasps paper
A young female paper wasp Polistes dominula starts a new colony
Paper wasps are a group of insects that include several subfamilies. Only in central Europe can be found about sixty species. It is a social species with a cohesive social structure.
Hornet
Hornet
Hornets are a large genus of the paper wasp group. These are the largest representatives of wasps, growing up to 5.5 cm. They are found mainly in the northern hemisphere, being considered a rare species. The hornet is a fairly large representative of wasps with an extremely caustic poison. Hornet bites are painful and can lead to disastrous consequences for humans.
Single wasps
Flower wasp
Solitary wasps are a whole group of insects that live separately from others. These include many types of wasps. For example, a flower wasp. These are extremely small wasps, no more than a centimeter in size. They feed on pollen and nectar. Nests are created from clay mixed with sand and saliva.
Interesting fact: like bees, wasps have a good sense of smell. They can smell the poison of congeners and attack with a whole swarm.
Sand wasps
Sand Wasp with Prey
Sand wasps, numbering over 8 thousand species. They can be small - up to 0.5 cm or large - up to 2 cm. You can meet the species in tropical countries. These wasps are predatory, they live underground, where they build their nests. Mostly black and yellow.
Interesting fact: paper wasps living near humans live in swarms. They distinguish each relative by memorizing their faces.
Black wasps
Black wasps
Black wasps are also sandy. They are medium to large. Extremely poisonous, they live in tropical countries. Sometimes found in northern regions.
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White and red wasps
White and red wasps are also extremely poisonous. They can kill a person with one bite.
Natural enemies of the wasps
Public species of wasps live in large families. Together they protect the house from enemy attacks. Can be the cause of death in a joint attack. Colonies also have their own enemies.
European honey buzzard, or common
Some birds dare to attack wasps. European wasps dare to attack wasps during flight. They quickly rip off stings and eat insects. They also feed chicks with wasps. Wasps feed on bee-eaters, instantly grabbing wasps in flight. They crush insects and then swallow quickly. Birds do not harm themselves in any way with such a hunt.
Interesting fact: Hornets also use powerful jaws during an attack. Several hornets are capable of ruining an entire bee hive, exterminating the colony. The powerful jaws of hornets crush the chitin of insects, they can even kill a praying mantis.
Bee-eaters, or bee-eaters
Various parasitic insects inhabit whole wasp nests. These include ticks and larvae. Ticks eat young animals, while hiding from adult insects. Thus, the mites are able to greatly reduce the number of insects.
Wild animals also feed on wasps. The main enemies are hedgehogs, bears and other medium or large predatory animals. At the same time, many predators once bitten by wasps prefer not to attack.
The main enemy is people trying to exterminate wasps in their dachas and within the walls of houses.
Nest
Forest wasps live in the wild in a deciduous forest, but they do not mind settling near a person's house. A spherical nest in the form of a cocoon is attached to wooden buildings, trees, shrubs, less often it is built in the ground. The average size of a wasp house is no more than the parameters of an ordinary apple. Several dozen worker wasps live inside. In some cases, the family numbers hundreds of individuals, the size of the nest reaches 30 cm in diameter.
The possession of man seduces forest wasps with an abundance of food, the absence of enemies, and many convenient places for building a nest.
- attic;
- roof;
- balcony;
- outbuildings;
- garden;
- vineyard;
- apiary;
- garages;
- cracked walls.
Wood Wasp Nest
On a note!
Outwardly, the nest resembles rolled sheets of toilet paper. Gray, flat surface. The entrance is located at the bottom. The family returns to the hive for the night, get out with the first rays of the sun.
Benefits and status of the species
Wasp
These insects are considered important parts of the fauna. Despite the fact that they only harm beekeepers and do not produce honey, they are still good for nature. Wasps kill a lot of agricultural pests. They catch various insects to feed the larvae. Killing pests helps plants a lot. So parasites do not attack gardens and vegetable gardens.
Wasps allow you to get rid of the bear. To this end, people attract earth wasps with flower plants. Insects quickly eliminate pests, also destroying grinders and leaf beetles. These types of insects feed on paper, nosed and wall wasps. Thus, the number of pests is significantly reduced. You don't even have to use chemicals.
Why do bees, when they sting, die, but wasps do not?
The bee is one of the healthiest insects of all, because they pollinate 80-90 percent of all cropsthat generate income, on which people depend, fruits, vegetables, nuts, up to several herbs and crops.
However, the sting is painful and annoying, and especially tragic for the bees as it leaves its life. The sting of a bee has barbs, so it dies from injury. Wasps have a stronger muscle in the buttocks so they can release their stings again. Advice: When pulling out the sting, you should not press it, for it is dangerous with poison.
Security
Wood wasp
The species is not considered endangered, therefore it is not listed in the Red Book. Only a few species are considered rare in certain areas. For example, the forest wasp is in the Red Data Book of the Moscow Region. This happened due to the fact that in those places wasps of this species are rare. There are not so few insects in the forests.
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The main reason for the decline in the population is human actions. This is considered the main factor, because people independently destroy wasp nests, considering them pests. Periodically, insects build nests in open areas, so they are damaged by wind or rain.
The wasp population is slightly declining due to natural enemies. Animals are killed by predators, parasites or birds. At the moment, all habitats of forest wasps are under careful protection by ecologists. Now it is planned to create new reserves for the protection of insects of this species.
Honeycomb creation
The most important information about bees, wasps and bumblebees concerns the honeycomb. It is clear that these insects do not use rulers and calculation formulas. However, they always get perfectly straight honeycombs. None of the scientists still have guessed where these creatures have such abilities from. The honeycomb is characterized by a hexagonal shape and a triangular bottom. Each cell has the same diameter and depth. Without exception, all honeycombs are arranged in even parallel rows. Their unique location attracts the attention of specialists.Only two parallel cells are vertical. As for everyone else, they are tilted at an exact 30-degree angle. Even the great Charles Darwin tried in a timely manner to unravel the secret of such a honeycomb structure, but he failed to bring this study to its logical conclusion.
Useful properties of bee venom:
- relieves joint pain;
- prevents the spread of HIV in the blood;
- increases the level of anti-inflammatory hormone produced by the body.
All these facts are not fictitious, because they have been confirmed for a long time by representatives of the scientific field of activity. The bee venom is based on the toxin melittin. It is an excellent pain reliever. Today, American specialists in the medical field of activity are already quite actively using the toxin presented above in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The results are sometimes amazing.
What to do if bitten by a wasp?
Wasps are extremely aggressive when it comes to home safety. Public species can attack entire colonies, killing the enemy. Thus, a person can be greatly affected by approaching a wasp nest. Even one wasp will bring a lot of problems to a person, and especially if he is allergic. The insect family attacks with such force that it can kill an adult.
One bite from the creature is extremely painful. At the place where the sting is stuck, there is swelling and redness. The pain from the bite of ordinary wasps disappears in half an hour, while especially poisonous species can kill with just one bite. The swelling remains for a while.
In this case, wasps attack not only people, but also other types of wasps. Earlier it was said that insects settle near people. In a situation where a person tries to eat the same food as the wasp, he may not notice the insect sitting on the food. A bite in the tongue or other tissues in the mouth is extremely painful, in dangerous cases, even the respiratory tract suffers. Allergy sufferers are advised to always carry special preparations for going outdoors.
Ice or a wet towel is applied to the victim's site of the bite. Plantain or onion juice helps a lot. Plantain leaves are pre-washed from dust, after which they are kneaded and applied to the bite. Compresses should be periodically replaced with new ones. The pain will disappear as soon as possible along with the swelling.
