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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

Many bee and wasp species make nests with little rooms. Each room has just one egg and a supply of food (pollen for baby bees, paralyzed insects or spiders for baby wasps). The baby eats up its food, grows and transforms inside the nest, and emerges as an adult.

Contributors

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


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