Genome sequencing could unlock answers to yellow jacket behavior
The most recognizable yellow jacket at Georgia Tech is made of fabric and foam, but Professor Mike Goodisman and a team of ...
Nature2 年
An Introduction to Eusociality
It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991) — with separate origins of eusociality in Sphecidae and Vespidae — and all ants (Formicidae, which are most closely related ...
BBC4 年
Mud wasps used to date Australia's aboriginal rock art
"However, the real diversity of potter wasps is in the Eumeninae, a subfamily of Vespidae (superfamily Vespoidea). Their nests range from holes in mud to simple cells (like Sceliphron) to ornate ...
来自MSN8 个月
Bee vs. Wasp vs. Hornet: What’s the Difference?
Bees are vegetarian and eat flower nectar and pollen. All wasps belong to the suborder Apocrita, and the most familiar wasps like hornets and yellow jackets are classified in the family Vespidae. They ...
来自MSN8 个月
Don't Mistake This Stinging Pest's Nest For A Termite Problem
This phenomenon is especially visible in certain wasp species, such as the Mud Dauber wasps, whose nest constructions resemble the mud tubes of termites.As a part of the Vespidae family ...
Capital Press8 天
WSDA waits to collect suspected northern giant hornet
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is waiting to get ahold of a dead hornet that looks in pictures like a ...