Polistes is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae.
Vespa is a genus of large wasps in the Vespidae family.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Vespidae Genus: Vespa Species: V. crabo
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Vespidae Genus: Vespa Species: V. velutina
This is a large family of wasps that contains all the social wasps and many of the solitary wasp species.
The nests of most species are made of mud, but some species chew plant fibres to form a kind of paper which they use to construct the nest.
