Diet. Different species of Hymenoptera show a wide range of feeding habits. The most primitive forms are typically phytophagous, feeding on flowers, pollen, foliage, or stems. Stinging wasps are predators, and will provision their larvae with immobilised prey, while bees feed on nectar and pollen.
What do wasps like eating?
In most instances, wasps feed their larvae bits of insects that they have killed and chopped up, but the adults feed on sugars from nectar, aphid honeydew or a sugary liquid produced by their larvae.
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Some natural predators of wasps include:
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Some natural predators of wasps include:
- Praying mantis.
- Dragonflies.
- Centipedes.
- Birds.
- Bats.
Are Hymenoptera carnivores?
Hymenopterans may be parasitic or nonparasitic, carnivorous, phytophagous, or omnivorous.
