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

Genus Vespula

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons Maculifrons nest - Vespula maculifrons Southern Yellowjacket - Vespula squamosa - female Nest - Vespula maculifrons Queen - Vespula alascensis - female Western Yellowjacket Queen - Vespula pensylvanica - female Vespula flavopilosa? - Vespula maculifrons Western Yellowjacket queen - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and 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
Numbers
Thirteen species of Vespula in North America (twelve native, and one exotic, V. germanica).
Identification
Overview of Species of Vespula

V. acadica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. alascensis
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. atropilosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂ image needed

V. austriaca
♀         ♂ image needed

V. consobrina
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. flavopilosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. germanica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. maculifrons
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. pensylvanica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. rufa
♀        ♂ image needed

V. squamosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. sulphurea
♀       ♂

V. vidua
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

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).

Nests
1. V. alascensis, 2. V. consobrina, 3. V. crabro, 4. V. flavopilosa, 5. V. germanica, 6. V. maculifrons, 7.V. pensylvanica, 8. V. squamosa
Internet References
U. of Florida
U. of Florida. PDF document
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, Ben Coulter, Vespula vulgaris
Last updated 25 November, 2011 - 9:50am

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