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Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae - Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies
Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets
Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets

Species albida - Arctic Aerial Yellowjacket
Species alpicola - Rocky Mountain Aerial Yellowjacket
Species arctica - Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket
Species arenaria - Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Species maculata - Bald-faced Aerial Yellowjacket
Species norvegicoides - Northern Aerial Yellowjacket
No Taxon unidentified nests
No Taxon alpicola or norvegicoides

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