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Find hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets information at Animal Diversity Web
Hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets
Vespidae
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Identifications
hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets
Vespidae
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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