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Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus) (Common Wasp)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Vespula vulgaris 2 March 2003 Berks England 3
Vespula vulgaris Female imago 27 March 1976 Surrey England 11
Vespula vulgaris Female imago 20 September 1974 North-east Yorkshire England 3
Vespula vulgaris October 1975 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Vespula vulgaris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
VESPOIDEA VESPIDAE
(wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Vespula vulgaris is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Vespula vulgaris listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Vespula vulgaris:

nest nest may attract larva Fannia coracina - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
nest nest may attract larva Fannia vesparia - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
nest nest may house larva Achanthiptera rohrelliformis - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Restricted d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
nest nest may house larva Muscina levida - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
nest nest may house larva Muscina prolapsa - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
nest nest may house larva Muscina stabulans - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968

Vespula vulgaris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
VESPIDAE
(wasps)
Vespula
(a genus of wasps)

References

d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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