VESPIDAE Laicharting, 1781
(potter, mason and social wasps)

Interactions where VESPIDAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
feeds on honeydew Tuberolachnus salignus Large Willow Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social wasps Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus/Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignuslarge willow aphid

Interactions where VESPIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is ectoparasitised by larva Restricted Volucella inanis a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Volucella inanis/Volucella inanisa hoverflylarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspslarvaSole larva ectoparasitises larva
nest may attract larva Amobia signata a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Amobia signata/Amobia signataa flesh flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest may attract larva Macronychia griseola a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Macronychia griseola/Macronychia griseolaa flesh flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest may attract larva Macronychia polyodon a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Macronychia polyodon/Macronychia polyodona flesh flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva Volucella a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Volucella/Volucellaa genus of hoverflieslarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva Volucella zonaria Hornet Hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Volucella zonaria/Volucella zonariahornet hoverflylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspsnest larva is associated with nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subfamily 18 subtaxa 38 trophisms 5 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Subfamily 10 subtaxa 29 trophisms 21 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2014 Vespoid Wasps (Tiphiidea, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae and Vespidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 6 Pt 6, 82pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Archer, M.E. 1979 Hymenoptera: Vespidae - social wasps Provisional atlas of the Insects of the British Isles, second edition edition, 20pp, Biological Records Centre
Archer, M.E. Key to European Vespinea Archer, M.E. Key to European Vespinea, 10pp, BWARS members handbook
Audibert, C. Notes sur les Vespidae : biologie, systématique et clé d’identification des espèces Bulletin du Club Rosa No 16: 21-27.
Berland, L. 1928 *** Hyménoptères Vespiformes II (Eumenidae, Vespidae, Masaridae, Bethylidae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 19, 208pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Dvorak, L. & Roberts, S.P.M. 2006 Key to the paper and social wasps of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Acta entomologica musei nationalis Pragae Vol 46: 221-244.
() Else, G.R. 1994 Identification: Social Wasps British Wildlife British Wildlife: 304-311.
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
() Heath, J., Harding, P.T. & Archer, M.E. 1979 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 9 Vespidae: Social wasps 2nd ed edition, 21pp, Biological Records Centre
() Løken, A. 1964 Social Wasps in Norway (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 31-56.
Peeters, T.M.J., Van Achterberg, C., Heitmans, W.R.B., Klein, W.F., Lefeber, V., Van Loon, A.J., Mabelis, A.A., Nieuwenhuijsen, H. Reemer, M., De Rond, J., Smit, J. & Velthuis, H.H.W. 2004 De Wespen en Mieren van Nederland (Hymenoptera : Aculeata) Nederlandse Fauna, No 6, 516pp, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis
() Pendleton, T. & D. Hymenoptera: the identification of Nottinghamshire Social Wasps www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds2/insectswaspsidentification.htm
Spradbery, J.P. 1973 Wasps: an account of the biology and natural history of solitary and social wasps 408pp, Sidgwick & Jackson, London

Nests

Spradbery, J.P. 1973 Wasps: an account of the biology and natural history of solitary and social wasps 408pp, Sidgwick & Jackson, London
Wenzel, J.W. 1998 A generic key to the nests of hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps worldwide (Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae) American Museum Novitates No 3224.

Solitary Species

() Yeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A. 1995 Solitary Wasps Naturalists’ Handbooks, 3, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2010 The queen colony phase of vespine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Insect. Soc. Vol 57: 133-145.
Archer, M.E. 1990 Seasonal flight activity of social Vespinae (Hym., Vespidae) as monitored by Malaise trap catches Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 126: 179-184.
Archer, M.E. 1989 Niche differences in the nesting sites of British social wasps (Hym., Vespinae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 125: 143-149.
Archer, M.E. Michael Archer yorksj.academia.edu/MichaelArcher

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 188 images of VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
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