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vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps

wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

family Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps

paper wasp - any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper

hornet - large stinging paper wasp

common wasp, Vespula vulgaris - a variety of vespid wasp

mason wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young

potter wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs

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New data on Vespid wasp fauna of Jordan (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).

Evaluation of the attractiveness of the oriental wasp Vespa orientalis L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) to different bait traps

They studied the attractiveness of vespid wasp to volatile materials produced from green-lipped mussel and compared with different kinds of meat.

Effectiveness of some insecticide mixed with a bait, and Heptyl Butrate on the oriental wasp Vespa orientalis L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Here I report that a vespid wasp (the common yellow jacket Vespula vulgaris L.) is also attracted to elaiosomes and provides long-distance dispersal of seeds.

Yellow jackets (Vespula vulgaris) as a second seed disperser for the myrmecochorous plant, Trillium ovatum

New record for the fauna of Vespid wasps of Iran, Proceedings of 17th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, pp.

Short Communication - Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Ropalida brevita (Vespidae: Polistinae) using 12S rRNA and Cytochrome Oxidase 1 (Co1) Genes

Flight intercept traps suspended in the crowns ([greater than or equal to] 15 m) and near the bases (0.5 m) of 12 trees in a temperate deciduous forest yielded 522 vespid wasps. The most common species were Vespula maculifrons (Buysson), Dolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus) and Vespula squamosa (Drury).

Vertical distribution and seasonality of predatory wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a temperate deciduous forest

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