Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Wasp)

Interactions where Vespula vulgaris 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
nest may attract larva Fannia coracina 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 coracina/Fannia coracinaa lesser house flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva Fannia vesparia 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 vesparia/Fannia vespariaa lesser house flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest accommodates larva Restricted Achanthiptera rohrelliformis a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Achanthiptera rohrelliformis/Achanthiptera rohrelliformisa muscid flylarva Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnestSole larva rests inside nest
nest nest accommodates larva Muscina levida a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Muscina levida/Muscina levidaa muscid flylarva Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnest larva rests inside nest
nest nest accommodates larva Muscina prolapsa a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Muscina prolapsa/Muscina prolapsaa muscid flylarva Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnest larva rests inside nest
nest nest accommodates larva Muscina stabulans a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Muscina stabulans/Muscina stabulansa muscid flylarva Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula vulgaris/Vespula vulgariscommon waspnest larva rests inside nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, 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 vulgaris (Common Wasp) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVespula vulgaris (Common Wasp)
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 vulgaris (Common Wasp)

Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bunn, D.S. 1983 A further observation of usurpation in Vespula vulgaris L. (Hym., Vespidae) 119
Bunn, D.S. 1982 Usurpation in wasps (Hym., Vespidae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 171-173.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp):

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