ed wasps belong to Arthropods. They are native to the United States, western Nebraska, northern New York, and Texas to Florida.

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Their sting is although very painful but lasts no longer than a few minutes to an hour.

Worker wasp’s lifespan is around 12 to 22 days, while a Queen Red Wasp can live up to one year 

They mostly like to feed on nectars of different flowers. They are always found in fruit gardens.

They are attracted to dark colors like brown, black and red, and stay away from light colors like white, grey, and cream color.

A red wasp sting is although very painful, but the only sting is when they get irritated or provoked by any human behavior, but they are less aggressive as compared to yellow jackets.

Bugs and Fruits

Red wasps like to eat caterpillars, monarch caterpillar larvae, softwood pulp, small insects, flies, and aphids. Also, Red wasps love to feed on the nectar of goldenrod; it’s their favorite food to forage on. 

Also, Red wasps like to eat fruits like apples, peaches, bananas, mangoes, apricots, grapes, and berries. Red wasps will eat sugary liquids and honeydew.

What red wasps don’t eat?

Red wasps hate peppermint, lemongrass, clove, geranium essential oils, vinegar, cucumber, bay leaves, scented herbs, geranium flowers. They also don’t like ginger due to its pungency. They are not attracted to fragrances. People usually use lemon, peppermint, and essential oil sprays at their places to avoid red wasps. Red wasps do not eat big insects like spiders. Red wasps don’t like to eat on mosquitoes.

Red wasps never feed on their host. Ladybugs are the most common hosts of red wasps because they lay their eggs on ladybugs and never harm their hosts.