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    The median wasp (Dolichovespula media) is a species of social wasp of the family Vespidae found throughout Europe and Asia. It builds aerial paper nests...
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    Vespidae (redirect from Vespid wasp)
    several described species from Cretaceous amber. German wasp Median wasp nest Polistes nest Polistes wasp carrying a bit of wood from an old rake handle Vespa...
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    1783) – median wasp Dolichovespula norvegicoides (Sladen, 1918) – Arctic yellowjacket Dolichovespula norwegica (Fabricius 1781) – Norwegian wasp Dolichovespula...
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    social wasps called Dolichovespula which includes species such as the bald-faced hornet (D. maculata), Saxon wasp (D. saxonica), and Median wasp (D. media)...
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    orientalis is a type of social wasp. Individuals live collectively in colonies with one queen and thousands of workers. Social wasps are unusual in their practice...
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    Pepsis grossa is a very large species of pepsine spider wasp from the southern part of North America, south to northern South America. It preys on tarantula...
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  • Dolichovespula media – median wasp Dolichovespula norwegica – Norwegian wasp Dolichovespula saxonica – Saxon wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris – Tree wasp Vespula austriaca...
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    Field – the Sweetwater Airport (SWW). The National WASP WWII Museum is located at Avenger Field. The WASP women were not recognized for having served in the...
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  • Norfolk and Norwich Hospital after being stung by a swarm of non-native Median wasps. On 9 March 1990, the Duke of Edinburgh visited the school. In 2010 the...
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    named after War of 1812 naval hero Johnston Blakely, who captained the sloop Wasp in battle against the British Cruizer-class brig-sloop Avon in 1814. As the...
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    Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period...
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    Polistes carolina is one of two species of red paper wasp found in the eastern United States (the other being Polistes rubiginosus) and is noted for the...
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    Polistes metricus (metric paper wasp or metricus paper wasp) is a wasp native to North America. In the United States, it ranges throughout the southern...
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    Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 November 2017. Allen, Irving Lewis (1975). "WASP: From Sociological Concept to Epithet". Ethnicity. 2 (2): 153–162. Keister...
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    larvae create when feeding have been used as overwintering shelters for wasp species Polistes japonicus in Okinawa, Japan. Male and female. Wings above...
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    all three will vote for a turkey. – an Irishman." Only the WASPs hated the Irish, and the WASPs all lived on the North Shore." The Irish gained entry to...
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    Polistes. Male Polistes dorsalis wasps can be distinguished from other Polistes species by their distinctly prominent median tubercle of sternum 7. Both sexes...
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  • with hierarchies where each individual "knows" its place (such as the paper wasp with its societies of approximately 80 individuals) and computer-simulated...
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    nor any venom-delivery apparatus such as the fangs of spiders, stings of wasps, or venomous setae of caterpillars (e.g., Lonomia or Acharia species). One...
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    placename /txʷəc'p/, which possibly translates to wasp, yellowjacket, or the sound made by a wasp. On June 29, 1899, Amanda P. Burgar platted the town...
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    for a P. antipodiana to safely capture. Once the wasp becomes entangled in web, the spider grabs the wasp from behind the thorax (to avoid the stinger) and...
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    spiders' web and steal leftovers. Other species of spider and parasitoid wasps prey on this species. The redback is one of a number of arachnids that usually...
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    and the potential for species selective insecticides has been discussed. Wasps and hornets have serotonin in their venom, which causes pain and inflammation...
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    surface of the head of many insects, including Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps, sawflies), Diptera (flies), Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies), Orthoptera...
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    by oleander toxins, and feed on the plants. Caterpillars of the polka-dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais) feed specifically on oleanders and survive by eating...
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    Protection Agency. In New Zealand, fipronil was used in trials to control wasps (Vespula spp.), which are a threat to indigenous biodiversity. It is now...
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  • Praying mantis tend to move more slowly and eat less heavily. Parasitoid wasps tend to be effective for their selected prey, but like all small insects...
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    Eastern Orthodox. The median individual income is $667 per week and the median household income is $1508 per week. The median rent in Blackburn is $335...
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    shown promise as a biological control agent as well. The common predatory wasp, the yellow jacket (Vespula maculifrons), preys upon earwigs when abundant...
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  • Jewish Guggenheims even appeared on these family trees. Irving Lewis Allen, "WASP—From Sociological Concept to Epithet," Ethnicity, 1975 154+ "America's Changing...
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