Vespula Thomson, 1869
(a genus of social wasps)

Interactions where Vespula 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
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis atrorubens/Epipactis atrorubensdark-red helleborineflower
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids mimic green-leaf volatiles to attract prey-hunting wasps for pollination, Brodman, J., Twele, R., Francke, W., Hölzler, G., Zhang, Q-H. & Ayasse, M., 2008
Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis helleborine/Epipactis helleborinebroad-leaved helleborineflower
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Rare Epipactis leptochilaQuestionable Narrow-lipped Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis leptochila/Epipactis leptochilanarrow-lipped helleborine?flowerRare
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Major Epipactis purpurata Violet Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis purpurata/Epipactis purpurataviolet helleborineflowerMajor
adult adult pollinates or fertilises live flower Epipogium aphyllumQuestionable Ghost Orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipogium aphyllum/Epipogium aphyllumghost orchid?liveflower

Interactions where Vespula 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').

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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
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Questionable Leopoldius brevirostris a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Leopoldius brevirostris/Leopoldius brevirostrisa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social wasps?adult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Questionable Leopoldius signatus a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Leopoldius signatus/Leopoldius signatusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social wasps?adult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
nest nest may attract larva Fannia canicularis Latrine Fly, Small House-fly, Lesser House-fly Diptera: Fanniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia canicularis/Fannia canicularislatrine fly, small house-fly, lesser house-flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva Fannia scalaris a lesser house fly Diptera: Fanniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia scalaris/Fannia scalarisa lesser house flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest dung may support fruitbody Foreign Hebeloma radicosum Rooting Poisonpie Agaricales: Cortinariaceae Association of two Hebeloma species with decomposed nests of Vespine wasps, Sagara, N., Kitamoto,Y., Nishio, R. & Yoshimi, S., 1985
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma radicosum/Hebeloma radicosumrooting poisonpiefruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsnest fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of nest
nest nest dung may support fruitbody Foreign Hebeloma spoliatum a poisonpie Agaricales: Cortinariaceae Association of two Hebeloma species with decomposed nests of Vespine wasps, Sagara, N., Kitamoto,Y., Nishio, R. & Yoshimi, S., 1985
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma spoliatum/Hebeloma spoliatuma poisonpiefruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspsnest fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of nest
paper paper of nest (occupied) animal debris may support fruitbody Rare Volvariella bombycina Silky Rosegill Agaricales: Pluteaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pluteaceae/Volvariella bombycina/Volvariella bombycinasilky rosegillfruitbody Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula/Vespulaa genus of social waspspapernest (occupied)Rare fruitbody feeds on animal debris paper of nest (occupied)

Author & YearTitleSource
Brodman, J., Twele, R., Francke, W., Hölzler, G., Zhang, Q-H. & Ayasse, M., 2008Orchids mimic green-leaf volatiles to attract prey-hunting wasps for pollinationCurrent Biology Vol 18, Issue 10: 740-744.
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sagara, N., Kitamoto,Y., Nishio, R. & Yoshimi, S., 1985Association of two Hebeloma species with decomposed nests of Vespine waspsTBMS Vol 84 (2): 349-352.
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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

Vespula (a genus of social wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vespula (a genus of social wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Species 6 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusVespula (a genus of social wasps)
SubfamilyVESPINAE (wasps)
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 Vespula (a genus of social wasps)

Vespula (a genus of social wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brodman, J., Twele, R., Francke, W., Hölzler, G., Zhang, Q-H. & Ayasse, M. 2008 Orchids mimic green-leaf volatiles to attract prey-hunting wasps for pollination Current Biology Vol 18, Issue 10: 740-744.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Vespula (a genus of social wasps):

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