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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae)

Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets

Aerial Yellowjackets · Hornets · Ground Yellowjackets · Vespinae nests

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets
Baldfaced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula norvegicoides? - Dolichovespula norvegicoides - male Unknown Wasp - Dolichovespula arenaria Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria Bald-faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Yellow Jacket - Dolichovespula arenaria Bald-faced Yellow Jacket - Dolichovespula maculata Wasp ~14mm - Dolichovespula arenaria

Genus Vespa - Hornets
hornet - Vespa crabro European giant hornet - Vespa crabro European hornet - Vespa crabro European Hornet - Vespa crabro European hornet - Vespa crabro - male Vespa crabro - female Wasp - Vespa crabro European Hornet? - Vespa crabro

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets
Vespula squamosa - female German Yellowjacket worker - Vespula germanica - female Vespula maculifrons Vespula - Vespula alascensis Unknown wasp - Vespula squamosa Vespinae - Vespula consobrina Vespinae - Vespula infernalis - female Wasp found inside. - Vespula vidua - female

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


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