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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Dolichovespula · Vespa · Vespula

Genus Dolichovespula
Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Parasitic Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula adulterina - male Common aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria Parasitic Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula adulterina Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Black-and-white Wasp - Dolichovespula maculata Common Aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria Dolichovespula? - Dolichovespula arenaria

Genus Vespa
As Big As Cicada Killers - Vespa crabro European Hornet (Vespa crabro germana) - male - Vespa crabro - male European Hornet (Vespa crabro germana) - male - Vespa crabro - male Hornet Adventure - Vespa crabro Found in MY HOUSE in the north Georgia mountains. Heavily wooded rural area. Nearby streem. - Vespa crabro - female ANOTHER LARGE MATURE EUROPEAN HORNET NEST - Vespa crabro European Hornet (Vespa crabro) spring queen - light specimen - Vespa crabro - female European Hornet (Vespa crabro) - Vespa crabro

Genus Vespula
Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female Worker Common Yellowjacket - Vespula vulgaris - female Eastern yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons Queen - Vespula maculifrons Wasp - Vespula consobrina - male Wasp on Apple - Vespula Vespula consobrina 01c - Vespula consobrina Inside of vespula pensylvanica nests (Western yellowjacket) - Vespula pensylvanica


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