Are wasps useful? Why are there wasps? Five reasons.

Although we humans are usually annoying, they are also very useful. Five good and very important properties of wasps.

Parasitoid wasps are among the most species-rich animal groups worldwide and play an important role as natural predators of herbivorous insects and as pollinators. Yet, their true diversity remains largely unexplored. Our research focuses on the understudied superfamily Ceraphronoidea in biodiversity hotspots of East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia). We have already described 88 new species from Africa and recorded Ce…