Unwanted Visitors

By Michele Boston

(Place your name here)

Questions from the text

• What are the unwanted visitors?�
• How many species of wasps are there in New Zealand?�
• How did German wasps come to New Zealand?�
• When were Asian paper discovered in New Zealand?

Questions from the text

• Who do wasps compete with for food?�
• Where can the wasps nests be found?�
• How long are Asian paper wasps?�
• Where do Asian paper wasps prefer to live?

Questions from the text

• How is each wasp nest started?�
• What do Asian paper wasps eat?�
• Where do wasps sleep at night?�
• Where are the wasps mostly found?

Wasps - place the parts in correct place

Wings

Antenna

Legs

Thorax

Mandibles

Abdomen

Head

Opinions - You need to pretend that you are each of the characters and describe how you would have felt talking the possum away according to the story:

Wasps -

Caterpillars -

Child being stung -

Native Bird -

Reading Summary

Write 3-4 sentences about what you think the main points of the reading this week were. Add in key people, facts and places that you think are important for people to know.

What I have learnt

Write 3-4 sentences about what you have learnt from this reading this week. This should be in your own words and should be about what YOU have personally learnt from the text and how this relates to pests and predators.

My word bank

Here you will put the words that you might not have seen before or know the meaning of. You will need to write these words and find the meaning for them.