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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae

Family Vespidae

 
 
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Euparagiinae · Pollen Wasps · Potter and Mason Wasps · Paper Wasps · Hornets and Yellowjackets

Subfamily Euparagiinae
Euparagia scutellaris Euparagia scutellaris wasp on glassy hyacinth - Euparagia scutellaris Euparagia desertorum

Subfamily Masarinae - Pollen Wasps
Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris basirufus - female Pseudomasaris sp. provisioning cells - Pseudomasaris edwardsii Pseudomasaris vespoides - female Wasp on Phacelia - Pseudomasaris edwardsii - male Sonora Pass Pollen Wasp - Pseudomasaris zonalis - female Cimbicidae? - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris maculifrons - female

Subfamily Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps
Mason Wasp - Ancistrocerus - female Ancistrocerus (?) - Ancistrocerus Potter? - Parancistrocerus histrio Eumeninae sp? - Parazumia symmorpha - female Zethus slossonae - female Parancistrocerus? - Parancistrocerus perennis - male Wasp - Euodynerus crypticus Black and white wasp - Pseudodynerus quadrisectus

Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps
Polistes major castaneicolor ? - Polistes major - female Paper wasp - Polistes rubiginosus - male Wasp - Polistes annularis Wasp - Polistes aurifer - female Texanus? - Polistes Polistes? - Polistes metricus Polistes exclamans ? - Polistes exclamans Polistes

Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets
Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Wasp - Southern Yellowjacket - Dorsal - Vespula squamosa Wasp sp - Dolichovespula maculata California yellow jacket ? Vestal sulphurea - Vespula sulphurea Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female Vespula Pensylvanica female? - Vespula pensylvanica - female Vespula pensylvanica - female Vespula pensylvanica behavior #2 - Vespula pensylvanica - (drones)? - Vespula pensylvanica

 
 
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