Vespidae - Wikipedia
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps. [1]
Vespidae: Paper Wasps, Yellowjackets, Hornets and Potter Wasps
2023年3月24日 · Wasps in the family Vespidae are the most dominant generalist pollinators. The social vespid wasps are familiar to most home gardeners and despite their fearsome reputation, most provide valuable pollination and pest control services.
Wasp | Description, Types, Solitary, Social, Parasitoid, Examples ...
2024年11月17日 · Of the tens of thousands of species of wasps that have been described, the vast majority are solitary in habit. The social wasps are confined to about 1,000 species within the family Vespidae (superfamily Vespoidea) and include the …
Family Vespidae - BugGuide.Net
2024年4月23日 · An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
Vespidae - Animalia
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps.
Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets - BugGuide.Net
2023年4月25日 · The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) L.S. Kimsey and J.M. Carpenter. 2012. Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol. 28: 37–65.
Vespidae | wasp family | Britannica
yellow jacket, any of 35–40 species (genus Dolichovespula or Vespula) of social wasps, principally of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite the common name yellow jacket —which is used in reference to the typical coloration of the abdomen, with yellow and black markings—some species are white and black, and others are marked with red.
Family Vespidae - BugGuide.Net
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
Paper wasp - Wikipedia
Paper wasps are a type of vespid wasps. The term is typically used to refer to members of the vespid subfamily Polistinae, though it often colloquially includes members of the subfamilies Vespinae (hornets and yellowjackets) and Stenogastrinae, which also make nests out of paper.
Vespidae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Within the Vespidae, a complete spectrum of solitary to primitively and advanced eusocial species is represented within a single monophyletic lineage, making it one of the best systems for studying the evolution of sociality (see Table 1 for descriptions of levels of sociality).