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Friday, 23 September 2016

Unwanted Visitors

Unwanted Visitors  (School Journal Part 2 Number 3 2008)

Read pages 19 - 21. Are these statements true or false?

statement
true/false
page
German wasps came to New Zealand from the USA.
true
19
Wasps sting people for no reason.
false
19
Wasps eat the same food as birds and bees.
false
19
Wasps have the same number of legs and body parts as other insects.
true
20
All wasps like to live in letterboxes.
false
20
Wasps start life as eggs.
true
20
If you find a wasps’ nest, don’t touch it, or many angry wasps might sting you!
true
21
Most wasps live for less than 12 months.
true
21

The main differences between wasps and bees are:

Bees have hairy bodies and wasps have few or no hairs on their bodies.Wasps eat mainly insects and nectar while bees are vegetarians.

Find out - do we have native wasps in New Zealand?
Yes we have seven kind of wasps.



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