New
Life Histories Emerge for Invasive Wasps,
Magnify Ecological Harm (Jul 20, 2009) University
of California - San Diego.
Ecologists from the University of California,
San Diego have found that a switch from annual
to multiyear colonies, and a willingness
to feed just about any prey to their young,
have allowed invasive yellowjacket wasps
to disrupt native populations of insects
and spiders on two Hawaiian islands.