Genus Vespula

Classification · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

queen of the eastern yellow jacket - Vespula maculifrons

queen Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female

Downy Yellowjacket? - Vespula flavopilosa

Common Yellowjacket Male - Vespula vulgaris - male

Vespula vulgaris Worker 78 - Vespula vulgaris - 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)

Genus Vespula

Identification

For keys to species see:

Key by Tony Thomas (2005)

Key to the ten eastern (plus one adventitious western) species in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region (1).

Internet References

Wikipedia

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 Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Matthias Buck
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 5:12pm

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