What Are Tracker Jackers?

Tracker jackers are genetically engineered wasps, conceived and created in the Capitol. They are genetically coded to attack anyone or anything that disturbs their nest. Once they make a person their target, they will follow him or her far away from their nest, unlike natural vespids.

Are tracker jackers real?

Are tracker jackers real? Tracker jackers were a genetically engineered species by the Capitol, so in real life there is no real Tracker jacker. The closest resemblance I could find is what's called a 'potter wasp' .

What are tracker jackers in The Hunger Games?

Trackers jackers are another mutation created by the Capitol during the war with the districts. They will follow anything that disturbs them and try to kill it. Katniss thinks her only chance of escaping may be to drop the nest onto the tributes below.