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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

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


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

Pseudomasaris edwardsii - male Pseudomasaris basirufus - female Ves*pula sul*phurea - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - male Wasp - Pseudomasaris edwardsii Pseudomasaris zonalis - female Pseudomasaris Attempted Mating - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male - female High Elevation Pollen Wasp - Pseudomasaris zonalis - female pollen wasp - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - male

Mason Wasp - Ancistrocerus waldenii Potter Wasp - Dorsal - Eumenes fraternus - male Mason wasp - Ancistrocerus lineativentris - female wasp - Monobia texana Potter wasp pots - Eumenes fraternus Wasp on milkweed Wasp - Ancistrocerus campestris - male Red and Black Mason wasp, Genus sp id request - Pachodynerus erynnis

Paper Wasp - Polistes annularis - female Wasp - Polistes - female Polistes exclamans? - Polistes exclamans Wasp in La Habra CA - Polistes exclamans Polistes major castaneicolor - Polistes major Pterocheilus? - Polistes dorsalis Wasp - Mischocyttarus navajo - female Polistes aurifer? - Polistes aurifer

What type of wasp - Dolichovespula arenaria Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Eastern Yellowjacket? - Vespula maculifrons - female Eastern Yellowjacket - Lateral - Eating - Vespula maculifrons Vespula maculifrons - female Yellowjacket IMG_3708 - Vespula alascensis Id help needed, cicada killer ? - Vespa crabro Wasp nest Tucker Rd Meredirth NH - Dolichovespula maculata