| Author | Else, G.R. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Title | Identification: Social Wasps |
| Series | British Wildlife |
| Type | Paper |
| How Complete | All the British species known at the time. |
| Source | British Wildlife British Wildlife: 304-311. |
| Illustrations | Colour paintings of faces and abdomens, line drawings accompany the key. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Short article with a key to sexes and key to species followed by short species accounts. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | The refs to the figures are reversed in couplet 2 of the key to species. |
| Examine |  with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
| Specimen Preparation | With experience, some wasps can be identified alive, in the field, but a pinned specimen is easier. Genitalia needed for males of some species. |
