- The
Vespidae are a
large (nearly 5000 species), diverse,
cosmopolitan family of wasps,
including nearly all the
known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes...
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commonly known wasps, such as
yellowjackets and hornets, are in the
family Vespidae and are eusocial,
living together in a nest with an egg-laying
queen and...
- Eumeninae, are a
cosmopolitan wasp
group currently considered a
subfamily of
Vespidae, but
sometimes recognized in the past as a
separate family, Eumenidae....
- with
which each
individual hive operates. The
wasps within the
family Vespidae exhibit a wide
range of body sizes, and S.
septentrionalis is one of the...
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European hornets on
their nest
European hornet Hornet stings Paper wasps Vespidae "Hornets:
Gentle Giants".
Dieter Kosmeier. 2013.
Retrieved 2014-09-30....
- to
prevent the loss of eggs or brood. Most
social wasps of the
family Vespidae make
nests from paper, but some
stenogastrine species, such as Liostenogaster...
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Hymenopterous Insects in the
Collection of the
British Museum. Part V.
Vespidae.
British Museum (Natural History). pp. 41–42. Buck, Matthias; Marshall...
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fraternus is a
species of
potter wasp in the
subfamily Eumeninae of the
family Vespidae. It is
native to the
eastern United States and Canada. The
female builds...
- changed, with
Rhopalosomatidae as a
sister group of the
Vespidae and the
clade Rhopalosomatidae +
Vespidae as
sister to all
other classical vespoids and apoids...
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umbrella paper wasps.
Polistes is the
single largest genus within the
family Vespidae, with over 200
recognized species.
Their innate preferences for nest-building...
