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Vespula

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Noun1.Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social waspsVespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
genus Vespula
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
common wasp, Vespula vulgaris - a variety of vespid wasp
Vespula maculifrons, yellow hornet, yellow jacket - small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
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a queen of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris, resting on grape hyacinth Picture: DAVID MAITLAND
Good, bad or ugly - insects keep country buzzing; FARM & COUNTRY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Around 20% of the nests in Sefton were built by the relatively new European species, Vespula germanica, first spotted in small numbers in the north west three years ago.
German wasps lead invasion by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Around 20pc of the nests in Sefton were built by the relatively new European species, Vespula germanica, first spotted in small numbers in the North West three years ago.
Merseyside fights off a plague of foreign wasps; Aggressive German ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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