351 new species named by Natural History Museum – and a quarter are wasps

New varieties of the insect include species that could be useful for controlling crop pests

Eighty-five new species of wasp are among more than 350 new species identified in 2022 by the Natural History Museum, and scientists say there are many more to come.

By combing through its collections, as well as sending scientists on research trips, curators and researchers have managed to describe a total of 351 new species.