Species Vespula flavopilosa - Downy Yellowjacket

Classification · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Male Yellow Jackets-all the same species? - Vespula flavopilosa - male

V. flavopilosa queen - Vespula flavopilosa - female

Vespula flavopilosa workers on nest - Vespula flavopilosa - female

Yellowjacket - Vespula flavopilosa - 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 flavopilosa (Downy Yellowjacket)

Remarks

This very yellow (xanthic) male wasp has proved difficuilt to ID to species:

It is either a Yellow-Haired or an Eastern Vespula maculifrons

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 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 2:39pm

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