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Vespoidea

  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Animalia: information (1)
    • Animalia: pictures (19087)
    • Animalia: specimens (7262)
    • Animalia: sounds (709)
    • Animalia: maps (42)
    • Eumetazoametazoans
      • Eumetazoa: pictures (19061)
      • Eumetazoa: specimens (7253)
      • Eumetazoa: sounds (709)
      • Eumetazoa: maps (42)
      • Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
        • Bilateria: pictures (18927)
        • Bilateria: specimens (7245)
        • Bilateria: sounds (709)
        • Bilateria: maps (42)
        • Protostomiaprotostomes
          • Protostomia: pictures (4264)
          • Protostomia: specimens (247)
          • Protostomia: maps (42)
          • Ecdysozoa
            • Ecdysozoa: pictures (3926)
            • Ecdysozoa: specimens (116)
            • Arthropodaarthropods
              • Arthropoda: information (1)
              • Arthropoda: pictures (3902)
              • Arthropoda: specimens (116)
              • Hexapoda
                • Hexapoda: pictures (3460)
                • Hexapoda: specimens (106)
                • ClassInsectainsects
                  • Insecta: information (1)
                  • Insecta: pictures (3446)
                  • Insecta: specimens (106)
                  • OrderHymenoptera
                    • Hymenoptera: pictures (136)
                    • SuperfamilyVespoidea
                      • Vespoidea: pictures (49)
                      • FamilyEumenidae
                        • Eumenidae: pictures (2)
                      • FamilyFormicidaeants, fourmis
                        • Formicidae: information (1)
                        • Formicidae: pictures (28)
                      • FamilyMasaridae
                      • FamilyMutillidaevelvet ants
                        • Mutillidae: pictures (2)
                      • FamilyPompilidaespider wasp
                        • Pompilidae: pictures (2)
                      • FamilyRhopalosomatidaerhopalosomatid wasps
                      • FamilyScoliidaescoliid wasps
                        • Scoliidae: pictures (1)
                      • FamilyTiphiidaetiphiid wasps
                      • FamilyVespidae
                        • Vespidae: pictures (14)
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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    Animalia: information (1)Animalia: pictures (19087)Animalia: specimens (7262)Animalia: sounds (709)Animalia: maps (42)
  • ClassInsectainsects
    Insecta: information (1)Insecta: pictures (3446)Insecta: specimens (106)
  • OrderHymenoptera
    Hymenoptera: pictures (136)
  • SuperfamilyVespoidea
    Vespoidea: pictures (49)

Related Taxa

  • SpeciesDolichovespula arenaria
    Dolichovespula arenaria: information (1)Dolichovespula arenaria: pictures (1)
  • SpeciesEumenes fraternus
    Eumenes fraternus: information (1)Eumenes fraternus: pictures (1)
  • FamilyFormicidaeants, fourmis
    Formicidae: information (1)Formicidae: pictures (28)
  • SpeciesPolistes fuscatus
    Polistes fuscatus: information (1)Polistes fuscatus: pictures (3)
  • SpeciesScolia dubia
    Scolia dubia: information (1)Scolia dubia: pictures (1)
  • SpeciesVespula maculifrons
    Vespula maculifrons: information (1)

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2013. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. While ADW staff and contributors provide references to books and websites that we believe are reputable, we cannot necessarily endorse the contents of references beyond our control.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DUE-0633095 and DRL-0628151.

The ADW Team gratefully acknowledges their support.