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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Aerial Yellowjackets · Hornets · Ground Yellowjackets · Vespinae nests and immatures · Species comparisons

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets
Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female Bald-faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Unknown Wasp - Dolichovespula maculata Parasitic Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula) - Dolichovespula arctica - male Dolichovespula maculata WI July - Dolichovespula arenaria black and white wasp thingy - Dolichovespula maculata Wasp pollinating Epipactis helleborine - Dolichovespula arenaria - female

Genus Vespa - Hornets
Giant European Hornet - Vespa crabro European Hornet - Vespa crabro Hymenoptera sp - Vespa crabro European Hornet queen - Vespa crabro - female Vespa crabro (European hornet) - Vespa crabro Vespa crabro - European Hornet? - Vespa crabro Vespa crabro Pennsylvania Hornet - Vespa crabro

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets
Vespula maculifrons - female Vespidae: Vespula maculifrons or V. vidua? - Vespula vidua - male Vespula squamosa queen at entrance. - Vespula squamosa - female wasp or yellowjacket ? - Vespula pensylvanica Vespula sp. - Vespula maculifrons - female Hymenopteran - Vespula maculifrons - female Blackjacket (?) stealing a horsefly from a spiderweb - Vespula consobrina Christmas Eve Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female

Vespinae nests and immatures
WASP NEST MUSEUM WASP NEST MUSEUM Yellowjacket/Hornet Nest Paper Wasp or Bald faced Hornet's Nest? Nest Wasp/hornet nest nest of wasps 1 inch coccon

Species comparisons
Wasp? - male Cicada Killer? Cicada Killer? Cicada Killer? Wasps Bald-faced Hornet and ?Yellowjacket


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