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The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5,000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasp
WAsP

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s, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps and many solitary
Solitary

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 wasps. Each social wasp colony
Colony

In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies....
 includes a queen and a number of female workers with varying degrees of sterility relative to the queen. In temperate social species, colonies usually only last one year, dying at the onset of winter. New queens and males (drones) are produced towards the end of the summer, and after mating, the queens hibernate over winter in cracks or other sheltered locations.






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The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5,000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasp
WAsP

WAsP is a PC program for predicting wind climates, wind resources, and power productions from wind turbines and wind farms. The predictions are based on wind data measured at stations in the same region....
s, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps and many solitary
Solitary

Solitary may refer to:* shortened form of solitary confinement in jail* Solitary , an episode of the TV series Lost* Solitary , a reality show made by FOX...
 wasps. Each social wasp colony
Colony

In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies....
 includes a queen and a number of female workers with varying degrees of sterility relative to the queen. In temperate social species, colonies usually only last one year, dying at the onset of winter. New queens and males (drones) are produced towards the end of the summer, and after mating, the queens hibernate over winter in cracks or other sheltered locations. The nests of most species are constructed out of mud, but polistines and vespines use plant fibers, chewed to form a sort of paper
Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
 (also true of some stenogastrines).

The subfamilies Polistinae
Polistinae

The Polistinae are eusocial wasps closely related to the more familiar yellowjackets, but placed in their own subfamily, containing four tribes; with some 1100 species total, it is the second most diverse subfamily within Vespidae, and while most species are tropical or subtropical, they include some of the most frequently-encountered large w...
 and Vespinae
Vespinae

The subfamily Vespinae contains the largest and best-known eusociality wasps, including true hornets , and the "yellowjackets" . The remaining genus, Provespa is a small, poorly-known group of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia....
 are composed solely of eusocial species, while Eumeninae, Euparagiinae, and Masarinae are all solitary
Solitary

Solitary may refer to:* shortened form of solitary confinement in jail* Solitary , an episode of the TV series Lost* Solitary , a reality show made by FOX...
; Stenogastrinae
Stenogastrinae

The Stenogastrinae are a subfamily of Indomalayan and New Guinean Vespid wasps with a diverse biology from solitary to social.The subfamily contains 8 currently recognized genera....
 contains a variety of forms from solitary to social.

In Polistinae
Polistinae

The Polistinae are eusocial wasps closely related to the more familiar yellowjackets, but placed in their own subfamily, containing four tribes; with some 1100 species total, it is the second most diverse subfamily within Vespidae, and while most species are tropical or subtropical, they include some of the most frequently-encountered large w...
 and Vespinae
Vespinae

The subfamily Vespinae contains the largest and best-known eusociality wasps, including true hornets , and the "yellowjackets" . The remaining genus, Provespa is a small, poorly-known group of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia....
, rather than consuming prey directly, prey are masticated
Mastication

Mastication or chewing is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion and it increases the surface area of foods to allow more efficient break down by enzymes....
 and fed to the larvae, and the larvae, in return, produce a clear liquid (with high amino acid
Amino acid

In chemistry, an amino acid is a molecule containing both amine and carboxyl functional groups. These molecules are particularly important in biochemistry, where this term refers to alpha-amino acids with the general formula H2NCHRCOOH, where R is an organic substituent....
 content) which the adults consume; the exact amino acid composition varies considerably among species, but it is considered to contribute substantially to adult nutrition.

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