We have a yellow jacket living in our house. He buzzed us while doing the dishes.
He got away.
My lad who is somewhat concerned about getting stung asked "how long do yellow jacket's live?" I said.. I have no clue, shall we look it up?
We learned that MOST of them only live for the summer BUT the queen hibernates over the winter and she is the one who chooses where the next years colony will live.
Source: backyard Brigade and other internet sources that confirmed what Backyard said. :)
Finally... we know what it is :)
My thanks to homeschool freebie of the day for linking to this site! we were finally able to identify the caterpillars that keep dying on us!
unlike the sycamore and hickory tussock moths, this one is the pale tussock moth. and these guys eat oak, birch, lime and hop leaves.
Other sites they linked to today were BugGuide and What's that Bug.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
