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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae)

Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

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

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets
male Anthidium? - Dolichovespula arenaria Black Wasp ID Please - Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula arenaria - female Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Yellowjacket in Bee Plant - Dolichovespula arenaria Maculata nest rebuild - Dolichovespula maculata Yellowjacket Takeoff - Dolichovespula arenaria Vespula consobrina ? - Dolichovespula maculata

Genus Vespa - Hornets
European hornet vs. Robber fly - Vespa crabro - female Large Wasp - Vespa crabro European Hornet queen - Vespa crabro - female Birch tree eater - Vespa crabro European Hornet - Vespa crabro Bee ID Help - Vespa crabro Female Hornet - Vespa crabro - female Vespa crabro - European Hornet - Vespa crabro - female

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets
queen of the eastern yellow jacket - Vespula maculifrons Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons yellowjacket - Vespula vidua yellow and black wasp on firespike flowers - Vespula maculifrons - female vespid - Vespula maculifrons Yellowjacket - Vespula germanica Yellowjacket - Vespula - female Vespula wasp March 27 2023 - Vespula pensylvanica - female

Vespinae nests and immatures
WASP NEST MUSEUM Wasp nest? wasp nest Sandhills Hornet? Queen? Wasp nest Yellowjacket/Hornet Nest Paper Wasp or Bald faced Hornet's Nest? front porch ceiling

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


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