Everybody knows that bees have a crucial role in nature, but did you know that wasps are as essential? This day aims to restore the wasps' battered reputation. The most essential service provided by wasps is pest control. Indeed, they are predators hunting flies, caterpillars, and spiders as a source of protein.
Wasps generally have a bad reputation. In Australia this villainous status is largely based on an introduced species, the European wasp, which is a nasty pest, and certainly knows how to ruin a good picnic or barbecue.
But did you know that Australia is also home to more than 12,000 native wasp species? And just like our beloved bees and butterflies, they are important pollinators – and who doesn’t love a pollinator? They also play a critical role in our environment as both predator and prey. Katrina Germein and Suzanne Houghton's book Wonderful Wasps is a great way to learn about Australia's wasps.
There's not a lot of other books about wasps in the library, but some of these may help.
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