common wasp


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Noun1.common wasp - a variety of vespid waspcommon wasp - a variety of vespid wasp    
Vespula vulgaris
vespid, vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps
genus Vespula, Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
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The stings of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (L.
Hirsutella sp. (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) affecting the invasive social wasp Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in southern Chile
Apart from being a little bigger than our common wasp, more aggressive and having a more painful sting, there is another way to tell them apart.
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There are seven species in the UK: sandwasps, potters, masons, diggers, spiderhunters, hornets and the common wasp.
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I'm only an amateur beekeeper but I do know a little bit about the common wasp.
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a queen of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris, resting on grape hyacinth Picture: DAVID MAITLAND
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The German wasps carry a slightly more painful sting than Britain's common wasp, the Vespula vulgaris.
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MEDIAN WASP A European variant on the British common wasp, it first arrived on the south coast about ten years ago and has gradually made its way north.
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