Pollen wasps, the Masarinae, are unusual wasps that are typically treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but have in the past sometimes been recognized as...
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pollen storage (pollen basket) as some bees do, pollen does not stick to them well. However it has been shown that even without hairs, several wasp species...
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pollen as they do. They then fly to another tree of the same species, where they deposit their eggs and allow the cycle to begin again. The fig–wasp mutualism...
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Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...
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Vespidae (redirect from Vespid wasp)
S2CID 85737989. Sühs, R.B.; Somavilla, A.; Putzke, J.; Köhler, A. (2009). "Pollen vector wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae)...
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Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes...
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with pollen when they were fed to the wasp larvae. This same evolutionary scenario may have occurred within the vespoid wasps, where the pollen wasps evolved...
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jewel wasp, gold wasp, emerald wasp, ruby wasp and so on (cf. French guêpe de feu, "fire-wasp", and German / Dutch Goldwespe / goudwesp, "gold-wasp"). Members...
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Brachygastra – Genus of wasps (honey wasps) known to collect and store nectar as honey Pollen wasp – Subfamily of wasps unique among wasps in feeding their larvae...
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Aculeata (redirect from Stinging wasps)
Michael S. (2019-11-07). "Direct evidence for eudicot pollen-feeding in a Cretaceous stinging wasp (Angiospermae; Hymenoptera, Aculeata) preserved in Burmese...
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Hymenoptera (redirect from Black wasp)
pollen, foliage, or stems. Stinging wasps are predators, and will provision their larvae with immobilised prey, while bees feed on nectar and pollen....
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Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, hornets, pollen wasps, yellowjackets) Proctotrupomorpha Superfamily Chalcidoidea Family Agaonidae (fig wasps) Family Aphelinidae...
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Sphecidae (redirect from Thread-waisted wasp)
a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly...
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Ichneumonidae (redirect from Scorpion wasp)
Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera...
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Evaniidae (redirect from Ensign wasp)
is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, hatchet wasps, or cockroach egg parasitoid wasps. They number around 20 extant...
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Ichneumonoidea (redirect from Ichneumon Wasp)
species, many of which have not yet been described. Like other parasitoid wasps, they were long placed in the "Parasitica", variously considered as an infraorder...
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Pollination (redirect from Pollenation)
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds. Pollinating...
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confuse common wasps and bees at a distance or without close observation, there are many different characteristics of large bees and wasps that can be used...
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bees are predatory aculeate wasps (especially Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Vespidae, and Pompilidae). The term "pollen wasps", in particular, is widely applied...
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Monobia quadridens (redirect from Four-toothed mason wasp)
and Tortricidae. The diet also includes a large proportion of pollen. Like many wasps, M. quadridens is capable of delivering a sting. The pain caused...
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classifications to be a specialized lineage of "crabronid" wasps that switched to the use of pollen and nectar as larval food, rather than insect prey; this...
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Hornet (redirect from Vespa (wasp))
Hornets (insects in the genus Vespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to yellowjackets, their close relatives. Some...
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Fairyfly (redirect from Fairy wasp)
The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout...
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Horntail (redirect from Horntail wasp)
Horntail or wood wasp are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly. The common name "horntail"...
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Chalcid wasps (/ˈkælsɪd/, from Greek khalkos 'copper', for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera...
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solitary potter wasps, that are classical examples of hunting wasps of the kind that build their nests out of mud. The Masarinae or pollen wasps are the major...
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The velvet ant (Mutillidae) are a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet...
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die. The females, now covered in fig pollen from the caprifig, fly out to begin the cycle again. If the female wasp crawls into a female fig, she will not...
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Crabronidae (redirect from Crabronid wasp)
The Crabronidae is a large family of wasps within the superfamily Apoidea. This family was historically treated as a subfamily in the now-defunct Spheciformes...
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