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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Vespula » Forest Yellowjacket (Vespula acadica)

Species Vespula acadica - Forest Yellowjacket

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Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - female Forest Yellowjacket worker - Vespula acadica - female Yellowjacket - Vespula acadica - female Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female Yellowjacket - Vespula acadica - male Yellowjacket - Vespula acadica - male Yellowjacket - Vespula acadica - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)
Genus Vespula
Species acadica (Forest Yellowjacket)
Internet References
Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region. (1)
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
By Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung
Contributed by Tony-2 on 2 April, 2005 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 2:36pm

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