30 Mar 2021

Invasive wasps learn to share resources

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 30 March 2021

Invasive wasps are sharing resources rather than competing each other, and it's a worrying finding for conversation.

That's according to a University of Auckland study looking at introduced wasps on Ahauhu/ Great Mercury Island off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.

Lead author Dr Julia Schmack talks to Jesse about why this poses such a big problem for other native wildlife.

German wasp

German wasp Photo: Pixabay free use