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Identification

Vespidae (hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets)

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Image of: Vespidae (hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets)

Date Taken

2002

Location

Michigan

Caption

One kind of wasp nest looks like a collection of cell-like chambers. In these chambers, young wasps develop from eggs, through the larval stage, and into adult wasps. When fully developed the wasps chew a hole in the wall of the nest to get out. You can see such holes in this picture of a wasp's nest made with mud.

Contributors

Tanya Dewey (photographer, copyright holder, identification), Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 24, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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