Wasps are an insect which have three body parts, the head, thorax and abdomen.
There are lots of different species the most common are the Common Wasp which are about 12 – 17mm long, bright yellow and black bands along the body, they have two pairs of wings and a long antennae, the sting is located at the bottom of the abdomen.
German wasp which are very similar to the common wasp though it is slightly bigger, also the German Wasp has three small black dots on the face which are the two best ways to tell them apart. Wasp are usually spotted from around April/May to September / October. There are social and solitary wasps. The main wasps that cause a nuisance are social wasps, these are wasps that live in colonies, these colonies can have up to several thousand and are extremely active. Wasps can also sting multiple times.