How High Can Wasps Fly?

Question

My fiance recently spied a wasp flying from the 17th floor of her office. How high can wasps fly?

Answer 1

wasps have the ability to fly as high as 5000 feet (and perhaps higher). The limitating factors are: temperature and wind speed. On a calm, warm day in July, for example a certain wasp could potentially fly to many thousands of feet.



Some wasps can fly higher than others. The "cicada killer" wasp (the largest species in north america) can fly the highest while "stimpson's wasp" are limited to just a hundred feet or so.



When the Cicada Killer wasps migrate (from Southern Mexico to Central Canada) they are sometimes drawn into the jet stream and glide for thousands of miles at altitutes of 30K feet!

Answer 2

About three years ago someone did an experiment by collecting insects two miles up in the sky by using a very fine netting. They collected a multitude of different insects, from a variety of spiders to wasps, bees, flies, mosquito's and many other small insects.

Answer 3

maybe it flew up the stairwell. a better question is "what is the point of wasps"? They contribute nothing to the food chain.

Answer 4

Usually they go first class on United or Delta.

Answer 5

High enough for you to bend over and take a stinger in the bum. Stupid question. NEXT!

Answer 6

well theres a point to where the wind pushes them too much. if its too windy.

Answer 7

how long is a piece of string ?

Answer 8

quite high

Answer 9

Oh my goodness! Please tell me they can fly HIGH upto the SKY!