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Wasps on raspberry bushes

valor rorghulis · 2017-09-14 13:45:45

I meant to ask this a while back but never get around to it Prior to raspberry fruits ripening my this-year planted raspberry plants regularly had a small number of wasps crawling intently all over them. About 6-8 weeks ago. There were some whitish green berries growing at the time but the wasps weren’t damaging them. More…

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14-09-2017 2:45pm

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valor rorghulis

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I meant to ask this a while back but never get around to it

Prior to raspberry fruits ripening my this-year planted raspberry plants regularly had a small number of wasps crawling intently all over them. About 6-8 weeks ago. There were some whitish green berries growing at the time but the wasps weren’t damaging them. More recently the berries came to fruition and were delicious, and the wasps no longer seemed to be around.

I’m just curious as to why the wasps were so previously fascinated with them – would they have been eating some other insect attracted to the bush?

This is impossible to google as I’ll just get information on people trying to stop wasps eating their berries.

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#2 14-09-2017 3:37pm
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They feed on nectar and insects earlier in the year, so could be either or both.

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