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  2. Vespidae - Wikipedia

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    Palaeovespa florissantia, late Eocene. 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]

  3. List of Hymenoptera of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Eupelmidae (parasitic wasps) 3 species including, Eupelmus vesicularis 1 species; Eurytomidae 17 species; Mymaridae (fairyflies / fairy wasps) 21 species; Ormyridae (parasitic wasps) 1 species; Pteromalidae (parasitoid wasps) 167 species; Tetracampidae (parasitic wasps) 2 species; Torymidae 32 species; Trichogrammatidae (tiny wasps) 3 species

  4. Royal Entomological Society Handbooks - Wikipedia

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    Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.

  5. Vespoidea - Wikipedia

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    The extinct family of Armaniidae also was formerly considered to be a group of "ant-like wasps" and was also classified under Vespoidea. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, additional work by Borysenko in 2017 found these species to be basal members of Formicidae , placing three genera under Sphecomyrminae and considering the rest incertae sedis .

  6. Vespula squamosa - Wikipedia

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    Vespula squamosa, or the southern yellowjacket, is a social wasp.This species can be identified by its distinctive black and yellow patterning and orange queen. [1] This species is typically found in eastern North America, and its territory extends as far south as Central America. [1]

  7. Dolichovespula maculata - Wikipedia

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    Dolichovespula maculata is a species of wasp in the genus Dolichovespula and a member of the eusocial, cosmopolitan family Vespidae.It is taxonomically an aerial yellowjacket but is known by many colloquial names, primarily bald-faced hornet, but also including bald-faced aerial yellowjacket, bald-faced wasp, bald hornet, white-faced hornet, blackjacket, white-tailed hornet, spruce wasp, and ...

  8. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Citrosa: proven not to repel mosquitoes [6] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm: Crown imperial: repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground ...

  9. Braconidae - Wikipedia

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    The DNA of the wasp actually contains portions that are the templates for the components of the viral particles and they are assembled in an organ in the female's abdomen known as the calyx. [13] A 2009 study has traced the origins of these templates to a 100-million-year-old viral infection whose alterations to its host DNA provided the ...