Paper Wasp Data Collection Sheet
Name_________________________________________________ Date__________________________________________
Click on the website shown, search for the answers to the questions that follow, and write them neatly on the blanks of your printed copy.
Ohio State University
1. What types of bugs do paper wasps like to eat?______________________________________________________________
2. What part of plants do paper wasps like to eat?______________________________________________________________
3. Paper wasps are social insects living in a group called a _______________________________________________________.
Western Exterminator
4. Paper wasps are called 'paper' wasps because their nest material is like ____________________________________________.
5. The paper wasp nest is usually shaped like an _______________________________________.
6. The nest is usually smaller than _______inches by ______inches with about ______________________cells.
7. Each cell or opening in the nest contains how many eggs? _________________________
EnchantedLearning.com Wasp (Yellow Jacket)
8. The slender ___________________________________ or 'waist' separates the abdomen from the thorax.
9. Social wasps are divided into 3 classes called ____________________, ___________________, and ___________________.
PBS Bee Anatomy (move mouse over parts to highlight them, click on them for a definition)
10. Where are the air sacs located (head, thorax, or abdomen)?______________________________________
Importance of wasps (see bottom of page)
11. Wasps aid humans by destroying harmful _____________________, and provide some cultures with __________________, _______________ bait, and produce __________________.
How to Keep Bugs From Biting
12. List two 'ways to keep bugs away' __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. If you are bitten or stung, __________ will cut down on the swelling and you should avoid ______________________ the area to prevent it from becoming infected.
