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Bembecidae is a family of wasp-like hymenopterous insects with stings, mostly natives of warm countries, and known also as Sand-wasps. The female excavates cells in the sand, in which she deposits, together with her eggs, various larvae or perfect insects stung into insensibility, as support for her progeny when hatched. They are very active, fond of the nectar of flowers, and delight in sunshine. Bembex is the typical genus of this family.
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The cherry gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii) is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae widespread throughout Europe and Asia Minor, that produces spherical leaf galls on various species of oak. The galls are mostly to be seen between July and October and are attached to either the main leaf vein or one of the stronger side veins by a very short stem. The gall is at first green-yellow in colour later turning yellow and then red on the side facing the sun before becoming brown and wrinkled. The larvae develops within the gall, feeding upon the gall tissue and pupates within the gall. Two generations appear within a year, the first all female that reproduce parthenogenetically the second male and female.
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The clear-wings are a family of moths, related to the clothes moth, but distinguished by the absence of the scales from the wings. Many of them mimic hymenoptera, notably the hornet clear-wing, which closely resembles the large wasp, after which it is named.
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Clytus is a genus of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae). The genus includes the 'Wasp Beetle' (Clytus arietis).
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The Cola-nut Gall Wasp (Andricus lignicola) a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae widespread through almost all Europe. The Cola-nut Gall Wasp produces very firm, woody, spherical galls which grow from axillary and sometimes terminal buds on the branches of various species of oak tree.
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The Common Spangle Gall Wasp (Neuroterus quercusbaccarum formerly known as Neuroterus lenticularis) is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae found in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa. The wasp develops on Oak trees, producing two different galls: a lens-shaped gall of about 5 mm diameter grown from July onwards on the underside of leaves, and a second generation of spherical juicy galls of about 7 mm diameter produced on the underside of the leaves and in male catkins during the spring.
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The Green Velvet Bud Gall Wasp (Cynips longiventris) is a is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae widespread in central, western, south-western Europe, southern Russia and the Middle East. The Green Velvet Bud Gall Wasp produces a white gall with brown stripes on various species of oak, within which the larvae develops and pupates, the adult emerging in December.
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The hornet is an insect of the genus Vespa, much larger and stronger than the ordinary wasp. Hornets are voracious, feeding on fruit and honey and preying on other insects. The nest is formed in hollow-trees and walls. The hornet sting is very painful and usually causes considerable swelling.
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The Knopper Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalicis) is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae widespread in southern, western and central Europe and Asia Minor and since first being recorded in Britain in 1959 is now widespread and common in Britain. The Knopper Gall Wasp Produces two types of gall, one type are produced on acorns and are green and sticky later becoming brown and hard, and irregular in shape. The second generation of galls are produced in the axis of the male catkins of Turkey Oaks.
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The Marble Gall Wasp (Andricus kollari) is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae common in central, southern and western Europe, and less common but found in the British Isles, North Africa and Asia Minor.
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