Vespidae
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The Vespidae are a large, diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the eusocial wasps and many solitary wasps. Each social wasp colony includes a queen and a number of female worker
Vespula germanica Horizontalview Richard Bartz
Palaeovespa florissantia, late Eocene
German wasp
Median wasp nest
Vespinae
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The subfamily Vespinae contains the largest and best-known groups of eusocial wasps, including true hornets, and the "yellowjackets". The remaining genus, Provespa, is a small, poorly known group of n
Vespidae
…effective pollinators, while others are notable predators of pest insect species, and a few species are invasive pests. The subfamilies Polistinae and Vespinae are composed solely of eusocial species, while the Eumeninae, Euparagiinae, Gayellinae, Masarinae and Zethinae are all solitary with the exception of…
Hornet vespa