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European wasp program success 2019–20 season wrap up
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s the 2020–21 European wasp season gets underway, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is working towards localised eradication in the Perth’s foothills, thanks to an incredible reduction in nest numbers in 2019-20.
European wasp nests can grow to as big as a basketball, or larger, housing thousands of hungry wasps.
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WA Grower SUMMER 2020
3 EUROPEAN wasps are a bright lemonyellow colour with black stripes and yellow legs, and their antennae are entirely black.
