Two paper wasps in one day. I declare wasp hunting season open!

What is happening in the butterfly garden in late autumn? It's all at snail's pace.

I try out the Hawkeye wasp trap and lure starter pack. These traps look very familiar...

What's worse than a new wasp in the garden? Three more. Anterhynchium tamarinum is definitely established locally.

Anterhynchium tamarinum is not known to be established in NZ, but I caught one.

A couple of successful wasp trap lures plus loads that did not work. Plus a new wasp to contend with.

Yellow-legged hornets, Vespa velutina, have been found nearby and I try more traps and recipes for wasp capture

Killing wasps now saves butterflies. Find out the unusual place I found a paper wasp nest.

Wasps. Why they are a big deal and what we can do, if anything, to get rid of the evil things.