We all don’t like wasps.
That buzzy noise they make when your around gives us shivers just thinking about it and if you’ve ever got stung by one then you’ll know they’re super sore.
However, it appears that wasps have been getting drunk this summer and that’s making them… angry?
It’s not that they like the odd G&T, it’s because they’re attracted to fermented fruits and leftover alcohol.
According to Sussex Wildlife Trust, the alcohol makes a band around the abdomen of a wasp tighten which prevents them from eating their usual diet.
A spokesperson for the Trust said:
“In the spring, queen wasps wake from hibernation and start to build their nest, laying eggs and raising their first brood of daughters.
“These worker wasps cannot produce fertilised eggs, so spend their time helping their mother to expand the nest and raise more young.
“One of their main jobs is searching for soft-bodied invertebrates to feed the developing larvae, bizarrely, adult wasps cannot digest the food they catch because their gut is so constricted by their thin ‘wasp waists’.
“Instead the workers chew up the prey and feed it to the larvae – in return, the larvae produce a sugar-rich spit that the workers can drink.
“They are also attracted to the abundance of sweet foods that humans provide – to a starving wasp, a jam sandwich or a can of cola is just too tempting to avoid.”
Bet you feel a bit sorry for them now, huh? And all we’re doing to help is running away.
They are super scary though for such tiny little things.
