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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Bald-faced Hornet (Worker) - Dolichovespula maculata - female

unknown yellow jacket... - Vespula pensylvanica - female

Another yellowjacket Queen (?) - Vespula maculifrons - female

Bald-faced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata

Forest Yellowjacket? - Vespula acadica - female

Southern Yellowjacket - Vespula squamosa - female

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)

Identification

Two online resources:

(1) "Yellowjackets & Hornets through a Lens" in Forums: Photo Focus Groups for a key to all species with images in BugGuide

HERE

(2) Key to North American genera of Vespinae in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region.

Internet References

For an updated Checklist of names see HERE. Thanks to Chuck Entz for this reference.

Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Matthias Buck
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 1:23pm

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