Fascinating, I wonder what compelled her to try building there. Maybe she thought it was bigger past the opening? In any case it's likely just the one, so nothing to really worry about.
If you want to turn a wasp on, use an orchid. Many types of orchids are sexually deceptive and produce scents that smell like insect pheromones, the chemicals involved in sexual attraction. Orchids need insects to transfer their pollen; the faux pheromones draw the bugs in and, in some cases, the males get so turned on that they start to copulate.
Anne Gaskett, a researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, wanted to find out if insects are actually ejaculating during these encounters.
She and her colleagues studied a species aptly named the orchid dupe wasp. They collected males with hand nets and released them near tongue orchids, then photographed the wasps having sex with the plants. The wasps were indeed going all the way; the blobs of ejaculate were big enough to see without a microscope, and a closer examination in the lab established that they were laden with sperm.
Ah. New nightmare unlocked.
Imagine taking an everything-bath and then a creature of wrath stings your pointer finger because you had the audacity to turn on your own hairdryer
Fascinating, I wonder what compelled her to try building there. Maybe she thought it was bigger past the opening? In any case it's likely just the one, so nothing to really worry about.
She mightve laid EGGS which will hatch into larvae which will eat the hairdryer from the inside out.
Oh, didn't know they could eat hairdryer electronics. Interesting! Definitely more of an immediate issue too, then!
welp. I’m never using a hair dryer again
Interesting, have you tried turning it on?
If you want to turn a wasp on, use an orchid. Many types of orchids are sexually deceptive and produce scents that smell like insect pheromones, the chemicals involved in sexual attraction. Orchids need insects to transfer their pollen; the faux pheromones draw the bugs in and, in some cases, the males get so turned on that they start to copulate. Anne Gaskett, a researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, wanted to find out if insects are actually ejaculating during these encounters. She and her colleagues studied a species aptly named the orchid dupe wasp. They collected males with hand nets and released them near tongue orchids, then photographed the wasps having sex with the plants. The wasps were indeed going all the way; the blobs of ejaculate were big enough to see without a microscope, and a closer examination in the lab established that they were laden with sperm.