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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Dolichovespula · Vespa · Vespula · Vespinae nests

Genus Dolichovespula
Parasitic Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arctica - male D. adulterina on a D. arenaria nest. - Dolichovespula arctica - female D. maculata nest - Dolichovespula maculata bald-faced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Yellow Jacket 2010 a - Dolichovespula arenaria wasp - Dolichovespula maculata - female 8035057 YJ - Dolichovespula norvegicoides - male male yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - male

Genus Vespa
Vespa crabro queen - Vespa crabro - female Unknown Wasp/Hornet - Vespa crabro European Hornet - Vespa crabro - Vespa crabro Vespa crabro - female European Hornet queen - Vespa crabro - female European Hornet queen - Vespa crabro - female Vespa crabro Giant Hornet - European Hornet (Vespa crabro)? - Vespa crabro - female

Genus Vespula
V. maculifrons nest - Vespula maculifrons Swarming flying bees/wasps stung my father-in-law multiple times - Vespula squamosa Blackjacket - Vespula consobrina - male Vespula maculifrons - female Vespula ??? - Vespula atropilosa Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons - female Wasp - Vespula pensylvanica - female Woodpile Nesting German Yellowjackets. - Vespula germanica

Vespinae nests
WASP NEST MUSEUM WASP NEST MUSEUM Vespinae queen nest Wasp nest? wasp nest Sandhills Hornet? Queen? Wasp nest Yellowjacket/Hornet Nest


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