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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Aerial Yellowjackets · Hornets · Ground Yellowjackets · Vespinae nests

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets
Dolichovespula norwegica brood - Dolichovespula albida - female Baldfaced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female Yellow jacket nest - Dolichovespula arenaria Wasp ID? - Dolichovespula maculata Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula maculata bald faced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - Dolichovespula maculata Large Bald-Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female

Genus Vespa - Hornets
Large Wasp - Vespa crabro - female ANOTHER LARGE MATURE EUROPEAN HORNET NEST - Vespa crabro European Hornet (Vespa crabro) - Vespa crabro Bee, Hornet Or Wasp? - Vespa crabro giant hornet - Vespa crabro Vespa crabro - European Hornet - Vespa crabro - female Vespa crabro European hornet queen - Vespa crabro - female

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets
YJ - Vespula maculifrons German Yellowjacket - Vespula germanica - female Vespula (maculifrons?) - Vespula maculifrons Wasp - Vespula pensylvanica - female Vespula - Vespula infernalis Prairie Yellowjacket - Vespula atropilosa - female wasp - Vespula maculifrons - female Pennsylvania Yellow Jacket - Vespula squamosa - female

Vespinae nests
WASP NEST MUSEUM Vespinae queen nest Wasp nest? Sandhills Hornet? Queen? Wasp nest Paper Wasp or Bald faced Hornet's Nest? Nest Nest


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