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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) » Ground Yellowjackets (Vespula)

Genus Vespula - Ground Yellowjackets

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Vespula austriaca - Vespula infernalis - female 9014622 Vespula - Vespula flavopilosa - male Wasps - Vespula intermedia Eastern Yellowjacket, lateral - Vespula maculifrons Early wasp - Vespula alascensis Yellow Jacket - Vespula maculifrons - female Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons Vespula pensylvanica - Worker - Vespula pensylvanica - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)
Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)
Genus Vespula (Ground Yellowjackets)
Numbers
Thirteen species of Vespula in North America (twelve native, and one exotic, V. germanica).
Identification
Overview of Species of Vespula

V. acadica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. alascensis
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. atropilosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂ image needed

V. infernalis
♀         ♂ image needed

V. consobrina
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. flavopilosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. germanica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. maculifrons
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. pensylvanica
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. rufa
♀        ♂ image needed

V. squamosa
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

V. sulphurea
♀       ♂

V. vidua
♀ Queen       ♀ Worker       ♂

For keys to species see:
Key by Tony Thomas (2005)
Key to the ten eastern (plus one adventitious western) species in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region (1).

Nests
1. V. alascensis, 2. V. consobrina, 3. V. flavopilosa, 4. V. germanica, 5. V. maculifrons, 6. V. pensylvanica, 7. V. squamosa
Internet References
Fact sheet (Grissell & Fasulo 2013)(2)
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Matthias Buck, Ben Coulter, Nick Block, Vespula vulgaris, v belov, Kyhl Austin, PaleoJon
Last updated 17 May, 2021 - 9:20pm

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