Bald-faced hornet arthropods, chewing them up and feeding them to the larvae. They have been known to scavenge raw meat. In late summer and early fall, the queen begins to lay eggs which will become drones and new queens. After pupation, these fertile males and females fly off to mate. Fertilized queens then overwinter and start new colonies during the next year. Males and workers die in the end of the cycle. The old queen, if not killed by workers, dies with them around mid autumn. Bald-faced hornet Dolichovespula maculata is a eusocial wasp of the cosmopolitan family Vespidae. Its colloquial names
Black-faced woodswallow cessation of woodswallow decline.Storm-burning has produced a more open vegetation structure, which is beneficial for insect feeding and nesting by the woodswallows. Storm-burning is therefore thought to be essential for persistence of black-faced woodswallow habitat in the Cape York Peninsula. This also assists golden-shouldered parrot conservation by reducing their predation risk. Black-faced woodswallow The black-faced woodswallow ("Artamus cinereus") is a woodswallow. It is long. It is the most widespread species in the family Artamidae, living in Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands, including Timor. The black-faced woodswallow is in length, and weighs . It has a blue-grey beak with