What are the natural enemies of wasps? A detailed introduction to the main types of natural enemies

The main natural enemies of wasps are birds, spiders, ants, bats, frogs, geckos, rodents, and so on. Among insects, the praying mantis also has the ability to prey on wasps. In addition, there is a snout moth called the yellow-tailed wax moth, which can bite and eat the larvae and pupae in wasp nests and destroy the nests. Of course, the greatest "natural enemy" of wasps is us humans.

Birds

Some birds eat wasps. When a bird sees a queen wasp or a worker wasp (whether flying or resting), it flies over and grabs the wasp with its beak. Eagles are even fiercer, eating the wasps directly on the nest.

Spiders

Spiders generally live in holes. Around Qingming, a spider will find a hole inhabited by wasps. At this time, each wasp colony usually still has only the queen. The spider then hides in a corner of the hole. After the queen goes out to work, it secretly eats the wasp eggs or pupae, but does not eat them all. It wants to "cultivate a source of wealth." After the pupae become worker wasps, it begins to eat the workers, always keeping the number of workers within 10. If the workers exceed 10, it can no longer steal and eat them, and may even be in danger of death. It does not eat the queen, but it simply will not let the queen escape. It kidnaps the queen -- binding the queen's legs with silk and forcing the queen to reproduce offspring to feed it.

Bats

Bats mainly attack wasps on grass, trees, buildings, and other places above the ground. Their method of attack is: find a wasp nest, eat the worker wasps that are leaving for work, returning from work, or on the outer shell of the nest, keep eating the workers outside the nest until none are left, then beat the nest to make the wasps inside come out, and eat them one by one, finally eating all the workers.

Ants

They attack in groups and are fearless of death. When united, everyone fears them!

Frogs

Some frogs are also masters at killing wasps. They squat there motionless, eyes fixed on passing wasps, and with a flick of the tongue, the wasp becomes a delicacy in their belly.

Geckos

For geckos, it does not matter whether you are a wasp or a fly; to them it is all the same, just a delicacy.

Mice

Mice become natural enemies of wasps "by accident." When a wasp nest is still small, a mouse passing by may accidentally knock the nest down (and put its own life in danger).

For humans, wasps are actually beneficial insects. Generally, if you do not provoke them or make them feel threatened, wasps usually do not sting people. But for beekeepers, wasps are not good at all; wasps are also natural enemies of bees.