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Species Vespula vidua - Widow Yellowjacket

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies

No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps

Superfamily Vespoidea

Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps

Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets

Species vidua - Widow Yellowjacket

Nothing below this species

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