Australian Paper Wasps - interesting activity including fighting and other things. Odd.

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Published 2023-02-11

This video is from May 2022, and the nest is actually in decline after something ate most of the larvae over about a week. The white spots seem to be some sort of lice or mite but I don't know what. In this video it's the actions of the Queen? wasp. She is being quite aggressive with one or two of the other wasps, but friendly with another. This includes trying to drag one around by its leg. The victims if you like, are walking away from a fight. This is actually normal, but it is interesting that the crabby (angry) wasp is clearly picking and choosing her victims.

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