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2. Wasp - Wikipedia

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   Wasp. A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants ...

3. Paper wasp - Wikipedia

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   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. Paper wasp nests are characterized by open combs with down ...

4. Polistes fuscatus - Wikipedia

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   Taxonomy and phylogeny. P. fuscatus is a part of the order Hymenoptera, the suborder Apocrita, the family of Vespidae, and the subfamily Polistinae, the second-largest subfamily within the Vespidae, of which all are social wasps. [ 4][ 5] The Polistinae comprise four tribes, including Polistini, Epiponini, Mischocyttarini, and Ropalidiini.

5. What's inside a wasp's nest? - AOL

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   Paper wasp nests are specialized nurseries full of dead bugs, wasp larvae, and hexagon comb structures.

6. Hornet - Wikipedia

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   See text. Hornets (insects in the genus Vespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to yellowjackets, their close relatives. Some species can reach up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in length. They are distinguished from other vespine wasps by the relatively large top margin of the head. Worldwide, 22 species of Vespa are ...

7. Yellowjacket - Wikipedia

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   Yellowjacket. Yellowjacket or yellow jacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as " wasps " in other English-speaking countries. Most of these are black and yellow like the eastern yellowjacket ( Vespula maculifrons) and the aerial ...