Vespula
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Vespula is a genus of social wasps, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with members of their sister genus Dolichovespula, they are collectively known by the common name yellowjackets
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Yellowjacket
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Yellowjacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking coun
Vespula
…widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with members of their sister genus Dolichovespula, they are collectively known by the common name yellowjackets (or yellow jackets) in North America. Vespula species have a shorter oculomalar space (shown in the figure below right) and a more pronounced tendency…
Face of a southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)
Yellowjacket stinger in its sheath in a scanning electron microscope
Yellowjacket eating an apple