胡蜂是一类重要的捕猎性膜翅目昆虫,成虫能捕食多种农林害虫,或将猎物螯死或麻醉后携入巢内作为自己幼虫的寄生饲料,对农林害虫的控制有一定作用。为了保护利用胡蜂;控制农林害虫提供蜂源依据,我们对湖北省的胡蜂种类资源进行了初步考查,现将结果初报如下。 Vespa is a kind of important hunting Hymenoptera insects, adults can prey on a variety of agricultural and forestry pests, or prey will be chewed or anesthetized into the nest as their larvae parasitic feed, the control of agricultural and forestry pests have a role. In order to protect and utilize the wasp and control the bee sources of agriculture, forestry and pests, we conducted a preliminary examination of the species of the wasps in Hubei Province. The results are reported as follows.