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 The First Stage in the Life of a Wasp

���Queen in the act of laying an egg in a newly constructed cell. The nest of this type of wasp is usually found suspended under the overhanging roofs of buildings. The larvae remain in the cells until they reach the "pupa". stage. Then the cell is sealed up with the pupa inside. It evolves finally as a young wasp or "worker"

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