Vespula vulgaris
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Vespula vulgaris, known as the common wasp, is a species of wasp found in regions that include the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, India, China, New Zealand and Australia. It is sometimes known in E
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Worker in flight
Nest composed of chewed wood fibres
Microscope-magnified image of a queen wasp's stinger
Hymenoptera
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Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of
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…sweet fruits, to satisfy their own energy requirements. Their larvae generally eat freshly killed insects, including lepidopteran larvae (caterpillars), Hymenoptera (bees, ants, and other wasps), and Diptera (flies), as well as recently killed Araneae (spiders). Common wasps will also attempt to invade honey bees…
Hymenoptera
Bombus muscorum drinking nectar with its long proboscis
Symphyta, without a waist: the sawfly Arge pagana
Apocrita, with narrow waist: the wasp Vespula germanica