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Welcome to Superfamily Vespoidea!

Vespoidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hymenoptera > Suborder Apocrita > Infraorder Aculeata > Superfamily Vespoidea

(From Wikipedia) Vespoidea is a superfamily of wasps in the order Hymenoptera. Vespoidea includes wasps with a large variety of lifestyles including eusocial, social, and solitary habits, predators, scavengers, parasitoids, and some herbivores.

FACT: Due to the stinger being an evolution of the ovipositor, only female vespoids can sting!

Currently discovered: 1/2 Families

Family

  1. Vespidae - Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps and Allies