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The wasps are a cosmopolitan paraphyletic grouping of hundreds of thousands of species, [1] [2] consisting of the narrow-waisted clade Apocrita without the ants and bees. [3] The Hymenoptera also contain the somewhat wasplike but unwaisted Symphyta, the sawflies.
The sand wasp Ammophila sabulosa has an exceptionally long petiole. This Acanthomyrmex ant has a petiole and postpetiole. In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and wasps in the suborder Apocrita.
Face of a southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)Yellowjackets may be confused with other wasps, such as hornets and paper wasps such as Polistes dominula.A typical yellowjacket worker is about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, with alternating bands on the abdomen; the queen is larger, about 19 mm (0.75 in) long (the different patterns on their abdomens help separate various species).
That is, until around the 2:28 time stamp, when an unfortunate wasp lingers too long drinking a droplet of water. The leaves slam shut at record speed, trapping the wasp. No matter how much the ...
A wasp's nest is a complex structure that is a specialized nursery for all aerial-nest-building wasp species. These nests are easily identifiable — most of us have seen one at one time or ...
Ovipositor of long-horned grasshopper (the two cerci are also visible). The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs.In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages.
S. dubia is a 2.0–2.5-centimeter (0.8–1.0 in) long wasp. [1] The body is black from the head through the first or second segment of the abdomen. The second third abdominal segment and beyond are red.
Common wasps will also attempt to invade honey bees' nests to steal their honey. [citation needed] Although the types of prey Vespula vulgaris and Vespula germanica forage are almost the same, that of Vespula germanica are generally 2–3.5 times bigger and heavier than that of Vespula vulgaris. This is mainly due to the size difference of the ...