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There are two kinds of wasps in New Zealand: the German wasp which arrived in the 1940s, and the common wasp, which arrived only recently but is already widespread. Wasps usually live in underground nests. Their numbers peak in February-April, and this is when they cause most problems. Nests normally die out in late autumn and early winter, leaving the fertile queens to hibernate until the following spring. Graphic: DoC
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 February 1990, Page 5
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71GERMAN There are two kinds of wasps in New Zealand: the German wasp which arrived in the 1940s, and the common wasp, which arrived only recently but is already widespread. Wasps usually live in underground nests. Their numbers peak in February-April, and this is when they cause most problems. Nests normally die out in late autumn and early winter, leaving the fertile queens to hibernate until the following spring. Graphic: DoC Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 February 1990, Page 5
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